| Gornostalevo | |
| Other Name: | Горносталево |
| Coords: | 51.9306°N 79.2303°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Altai Krai#Russia |
| Basin Countries: | Russia |
| Length: | 4.4km (02.7miles) |
| Width: | 2.9km (01.8miles) |
| Area: | 8.7sqkm |
| Elevation: | 139m (456feet) |
| Cities: | Nevodnoye |
Gornostalevo (ru|Горносталево), also known as Gornostalevoye (ru|Горносталевое), is a salt lake in Mikhaylovsky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.[1]
The lake is located at the western edge of the Krai. The nearest inhabited place is Nevodnoye, 1km (01miles) to the north of the northern end. Mikhaylovskoye, the district capital, lies 33km (21miles) to the ESE.[2]
Salt from the lake has been extracted on a small scale since 1772. The mud of Gornostalevo has been used by local people for medicinal purposes since old times. The lake first appeared on a map in 1830.
Gornostalevo was finally surveyed by Irkutsk University scholar (1880—1950) during his 1911 exploration of the Kulunda Steppe lakes on behalf of V.P. Mikhailov, the head of the . The results of the survey were published in the document “Salt Lakes and Salt Industry in the Altai District”. About Gornostalevo Mirotvortsev observed:
Located in the Kulunda Plain, Gornostalevo has a roughly triangular shape, stretching roughly from north to south for approximately 6km (04miles).The southwestern corner of the lake is only 500m (1,600feet) to the east of the Russia-Kazakhstan border. The water is saline with a 99.693% of sodium chloride, 0.195% of sodium sulphate, and 0.0005% of magnesium sulphate.[1]
Lake Petukhovskoye lies 17km (11miles) to the north, pink lake Malinovoye 40km (30miles) to the southeast, Dunay 18km (11miles) to the ENE, Kurichye 29km (18miles) to the NNE and Bargana 23km (14miles) to the southwest, beyond the border in Kazakhstan.[2]
The lake is surrounded by forest steppe.Artemia salina crustaceans inhabit the waters of lake Gornostalevo. These are harvested and sold by locals.[3] [4]
