Lake Baikal
Also known as Baikal, Baikal Sea, Bajkal, Baykal, lac Baikal, Ozero Bajkal, Байгал далай, Байгал нуур, озеро Байкал, ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠠᠯᠢ ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
1996
Area
3,172,200 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Lake Baikal is about 170 km north of Ulan-Ude.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ulan-Ude · about 360,000 peopleabout 170 km south
- Petrovsk Zabaykalskiy · about 21,000 peopleabout 230 km south
- Gusinoozyorsk · about 24,000 peopleabout 250 km south-west
- Severobaykalsk · about 26,000 peopleabout 270 km north
- Irkutsk · about 587,000 peopleabout 270 km west
- Angarsk · about 243,000 peopleabout 290 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MongoliaCultural509 km away
MongoliaCultural554 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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