However, there's more to Lake Baikal than just its size. It is the deepest lake on Earth, formed by a continental rift estimated to be 25 to 30 million years old, reaching a maximum depth of 1,642m.

Lake Baikal, in southern Siberia, ... During the summer, when Lake Baikal is full of melted ice from the Siberian mountains, it is sometimes possible to see more than 130 feet ...

Lake Baikal features 27 islands, ... Tourism development is a minor itch in comparison, though it may produce eyesores like the hotels and vacation communities of Listvyanka, ...

LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — Along the ... Olkhon Island has become the go-to spot for visitors to Baikal. In the summer, it is accessible by ferry. In the winter, scores of wagons, called bukhankas, ...

A robot deployed to the bottom of Siberia's Lake Baikal last summer captured footage of cracks and deformations caused by previously unknown mud volcanoes — and you can watch the discovery in a ...

But there is more to Baikal than numbers. Carved out by a continental rift and estimated to be 25-30 million years old, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake on Earth, plunging to a maximum depth of 1,642m.

ON LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — She drove 2,000 miles for this moment: Hanging out the sunroof of her white Lexus S.U.V. that glittered under the blinding sun, face to smartphone selfie camera, bass ...

Lake Baikal features 27 islands, including one 45 miles in length called Olkhon, while in and around Baikal live more than 1,500 animal species, about 80 percent of which live nowhere else on the ...