Location

The workshop will be held in Cholpon-Ata on the north shore of Issyk-Kul, a vast endorheic lake, so bring your swimsuit!  Issyk-Kul (“warm lake” in Kyrgyz) is the second-largest saline lake (after the Caspian Sea) but its salinity is just 0.06% or just 15% as salty as seawater. Iyssk-Kul is Asia’s third deepest lake at 668 m and Asia’s third largest lake by surface area at 6,236 km2, ranked after Lake Baikal and the Caspian Sea on both measures.

Average temperature in Cholpon-Ata in September is 10.2 °C (min=7.2 °C, max=12.7 °C). Average total precipitation in the month of September is 160 mm. Elevation of Cholpon-Ata is 1,633 m.

The som (KGS) is the unit of currency in the Kyrgyz Republic: USD $1 ~ KGS 87.5 and EUR €1 ~ KGS 94.2. Consult https://www.xe.com  for current exchange rate and recent exchange history.