Минаев И. - Сведения о странах по верховьям Аму-Дарьи (1879)

Озег* вл Паивгѣ. то есть, озеро Большаго Памира; называютъ его также А йранъ-к у л ь. Приводимое Вудомъ названіе Сиръ-и-коль есть, по всей вѣроятности, испорченное „Сар-и-кулъ, то есть, глева или начало озера Всѣ водя съ горъ на востокъ впадаютъ въ озеро, которое имѣетъ одинъ только истокъ текущій на западъ s). По вычисленію Троттера, западный конецъ озера находится подѣ 37° 27' с. пг. и 73° 40' 38" в. д. ’). Въ дополненіе къ этимъ извѣстіямъ приводамъ нѣсколько показаній Гордона, другаго члена экспедиціи Форсайта Экспедиція достигла береговъ озера 1-го мая. Озеро било покрыто льдомъ и снѣгомъ. Вода его на вкусъ прѣсная. Оно тянется съ востока на западъ. Въ длину имѣетъ около десяти миль, въ ширину около трехъ. Лѣтомъ озеро гораздо значительнѣе и лежитъ на высотѣ 14.200 ф. Южный берегъ ровенъ, сѣверный же гористъ; оба берега песчаны и покрыты мелкими камнями. Глубина озера значительна 4). У подошвы высокихъ снѣжныхъ горъ находятся два небольшія озера; вѣроятно, лѣтомъ они исчезаютъ 5). Озеро, на- *) Ibd., стр. 284: The only name by which the lake is well known to natives is «Kul-i-Pamir Kalan>, i. e. lake of the Great Pkrnlr. I have once or twice heard it called ,Airan Kub, or buttermilk lake.... Our camp, which was about two miles east of its head was called by the <Wakhis» Sar-i-kul (head of the lake), a camp in a corresponding position at the lower end being called Bun-i-kul (foot of the lake)'. This may account for the other name erroneously given to it by Lieutenant Wood (Sfr-i-Kol). Ibd.: All the water from the hills at the east end drained into the lake, which therefore like its neighbour in the Little Pimir has but one outlet, although in. the former case the water flows west, and in the later east. a) Ibd., етр.

288.: My position of the west-end of Victoria Lake (the extreme east point visited by Wood in his travels) was latitude 37*27’ north and longitude 73* 40’ 38ff, which is practically identical with the independent determination of the sante point, by lieutenant Wood. *) Ibd., стр. 229: We readied the Great Pkmir or Wood’s lake on 1st May. It was entirely frozen over and covered with snow. Its water is perfectly sweet, judging from what we used for two days from the stream which flows out of it. It extends east and west, and is about ten miles long by three broad. The water marks on the shores however indicate a considerable enlargement in summer. Its height is 14,200 feet. The southern shore is even, the northern broken and irregular. The shores resemble a sea beach from the sand and gravel which cover them. Many signs of considerable depth were observed. ’) Ibd., стр, 229: Two small frozen lakes were observed near the head of the lake, under high snowy mountains, which close in there from the south. They presented the appearance of ice accumulations, and probably, after