Lake Markakol

East Kazakhstan Region · Kazakhstan

Lake Markakol, Kazakhstan
Photo: Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
June to September
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A high mountain lake in the Altai surrounded by taiga and grassy slopes within a strict nature reserve. Its clear waters host a distinctive whitefish found nowhere else.

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