Lake Baikal
Also known as Baikal, Baikal Sea, Bajkal, Baykal, lac Baikal, Ozero Bajkal, Байгал далай, Байгал нуур, озеро Байкал, ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠠᠯᠢ ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ
NaturalRussia
Russia
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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Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Great Burghan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape
MongoliaCultural509 km away
The Cemetery Complexes of the Xiongnu Nobility
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
- Wikidata itemQ5513, open data (CC0)
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