The most loftily situated lakes are found among the Himalaya Mountains
in Thibet. Their altitudes do not, however, seem to have been
accurately gauged, for different authorities give widely different
figures regarding them. According to some, Lake Manasurovara, one of
the sacred lakes of Thibet, is between 19,000 and 20,000 feet above the
level of the sea, and if this is so it is undoubtedly the loftiest lake
in the world. Two other Thibetan lakes, those of Cholamoo and Surakol,
are stated to be 17,000 and 15,400 feet in altitude respectively. For
a long time it was supposed that Lake Titicaca, in South America, was
the loftiest in the world. It covers about 4,500 square miles, and
is 924 feet above the sea. In spite of inexactitude with regard to
the measurements of the elevation of the Thibetan lakes, they are,
no doubt, considerably higher than this and any others.--_New York
Telegram._