Lake Baikal

Official Name

Lake Baikal

Aliases

Blue Eye of Siberia

Location Details

Universe

Earth-616

Galaxy

Milky Way

Star System

Sol

Planet

Earth

Country

Russia

Locale

Siberia

Characteristics

Dimensions

12,159 mi² (surface area); 5369 ft (maximum depth)

First appearance

Unknown

History

Lake Baikal lies in Southern Siberia in Russia between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and Buryatia to the southeast near the city of Irkutsk. The origin of the name Baikal comes from Baigal or Байгал which is translated from the Mongolian language as "nature."

Lake Baikal is the deepest, oldest, and most voluminous freshwater lake in the world. It contains over one fifth of the world's liquid fresh surface water and more than 90% of Russia's liquid fresh surface water.

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Trivia

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See Also

• Appearances of Lake Baikal
• Location Gallery: Lake Baikal
• Images related to Lake Baikal
• Fan Art Gallery: Lake Baikal
• Marvel Staff members who were born in Lake Baikal

Links and References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal