Attabad Lake

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lake landslide-dammed lake

Attabad Lake is a striking turquoise-colored lake in northern Pakistan that was formed in 2010 after a massive landslide dammed the Hunza River, submerging nearby villages and creating a major tourist attraction.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
2010 Attabad landslide 1
Attabad Lake Hunza 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
landslide-dammed lake ⓘ
accessVia Karakoram Highway ⓘ
basinCountry Pakistan ⓘ
cause displacement of local population ⓘ
color turquoise ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
createdByEvent Attabad Lake self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2010 Attabad landslide
formedBy landslide ⓘ
formedByBlocking Hunza River NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedOn 2010 ⓘ
4 January 2010 ⓘ
hasActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
jet skiing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
scuba diving ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Attabad Lake ⓘ
surface form: Attabad Lake Hunza
hasInfrastructure boat services ⓘ
lodges ⓘ
tourist resorts ⓘ
viewpoints ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Attabad ⓘ
Gojal ⓘ
Gulmit ⓘ
Shishkat ⓘ
hazardType landslide lake outburst flood risk ⓘ
impact creation of new ferry routes ⓘ
disruption of Karakoram Highway ⓘ
increase in tourism ⓘ
loss of agricultural land ⓘ
knownFor striking turquoise-colored water ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
locatedIn Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Hunza Valley ⓘ
northern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNear Gojal Valley ⓘ
Hunza River gorge ⓘ
Passu Cones ⓘ
partOf Karakoram ⓘ
surface form: Karakoram region
submerged Attabad ⓘ
surface form: Attabad village

Shishkat village ⓘ
farmland ⓘ
houses ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
watercourse Hunza River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hunza Valley → contains → Attabad Lake ⓘ
Gilgit-Baltistan → containsLake → Attabad Lake ⓘ
Attabad Lake → createdByEvent → Attabad Lake self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2010 Attabad landslide
Attabad Lake → hasAlternativeName → Attabad Lake ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attabad Lake Hunza