Gadsar Lake

Gadsar Lake
Lake of Fishes
Gadsar Lake in 2014
Gadsar Lake
Gadsar Lake
LocationGurez tehsil, Bandipore district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates34°25′18″N 75°03′26″E / 34.421669°N 75.057274°E / 34.421669; 75.057274
Typeoligotrophic lake
Primary inflowsMelting of snow
Primary outflowsA stream tributary of Neelum River
Basin countries India
Max. length0.85 kilometres (0.53 mi)
Max. width0.76 kilometres (0.47 mi)
Surface area0.7421 km2 (0.2865 sq mi)
Surface elevation3,600 metres (11,800 ft)
FrozenDecember to April

The Gadsar Lake or Gad Sar (lit.'lake of fishes'), also called Yem Sar (lit.'lake of Yama'), is an "alpine high-altitude oligotrophic lake" in the Bandipore district of Kashmir Division, in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has an elevation of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft), a maximum length of 0.85km, and a maximum width of 0.76km.