Lake Baikal


Lake Baikal is a lagoon of southern Siberia, divided between the territories of the Irkutsk oblast and the Republic of Buryatia. It was the place under UNESCO protection as a World Heritage Site in 1996.

 

It is part of the list of Seven Wonders of Russia. Lake Baikal covers an area of ​​31 722 km², which makes it one of the largest lakes in the world by surface area; it stretches 636 km from north to south (it is the second longest in the world after Lake Tanganyika), with an average width of 48 km (maximum 79.4 km).


 


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Address: Mongolian, Buriat Dalai-Nor
Baikal (Russia)

Latitude: 53.5587003
Longitude: 108.1649965
Site: ...

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Type: Area
Function: Park
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Last update: 23/05/2022