Zhaksytuz () is a salt lake in the Ualikhanov District, North Kazakhstan Region, and Yereymentau District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.
The border between the North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions cuts across the middle of the lake from east to west. The area surrounding lake Zhaksytuz is used for livestock grazing. In the spring the water is suitable for watering cattle. The name Zhaksytuz, meaning "good salt" in the Kazakh language, is of nomadic origin.Nomadic Place Names - Journal of Educational and Social Research 13(1):272
Geography Zhaksytuz is an endorheic lake part of the Sileti river basin. It lies at an elevation of . The lake has an arrowhead shape, pointing roughly north. The Sileti flows east of the lake.
Lake Zhaksytuz is surrounded by steppe. It freezes in November and stays under ice until March or April. Its shore is flat on the east and south sides, and steep in the west. The southern end of the larger Lake Siletiteniz is to the north, and lake Zhamantuz to the north-northwest. Lake Kobeituz is to the south.Google EarthATAMEKEN: Geographical Encyclopedia. / General ed. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia", 2011. - 648 pages. ISBN 9965-893-70-5
See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan
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