Kokonor (Qinghai Lake)

Kokonor (Qinghai Lake) is a large saltwater lake in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibet, in modern Qinghai province, China. The grasslands around the lake were a meeting ground of Tibetan and Mongol Buddhist worlds; the Third Dalai Lama, Sönam Gyatso, was active in this region during the missions that brought Gelug Buddhism to the Mongols in the late sixteenth century.