The Lake Baikal is a World Heritage site in Russian Federation defined by the UNESCO in 1996 and definitely a recommended natural sightseeing location.
It is on position 119 (431, 455, 190) in our monthly survey..
"Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve. Known as the 'Galapagos of Russia', its age and isolation have produced one of the world's richest and most unusual freshwater faunas, which is of exceptional value to evolutionary science."
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