Cholpon-Ata (, pronounced , literally "Venus-father", the name of a mythological protecting spirit) is a
resort town on the northern shore of
Lake Issyk-Kul in
Kyrgyzstan with a year-round population of about 12,000. It is the administrative center of the
Issyk Kul District of
Issyk Kul Province; this district occupies most of the lake's north shore. To the west along highway A363 is
Tamchy and to the east,
Bosteri.