Baykal is a rural locality in Slyudyansky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located near Lake Baikal on the left bank of the Angara River, 60 kilometers south of Irkutsk, the administrative center o
Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia t
Satellite photo of Baikal, 2001
Lake Baikal's water is especially clear
Spring ice melt underway on Lake Baikal, on 4 May, 2012