LAKE BAIKAL AND THE AREA BETWEEN MUNKU-SARDIK AND KAMAR-DABAN,Siberia,Asiatic Russia,Antique Map

1890s HISTORICAL MAP CHART with an ENGRAVING OF THE "CUP" AT THE SOURCE OF THE OKA ON THE BACK

Lake Baikal (Ozero Baykal)), a lake in Southern Siberia, Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast on the northwest and Buryatia on the southeast, near Irkutsk. It is a World Heritage Site. The name derives from Tatar "Bai-Kul" - "rich lake". It is also known as the Blue Eye of Siberia. At 636 km/395 miles long and 80 km/50 miles wide, Baikal has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake in Asia (31,494 km²/12,165 miles²) and is the deepest lake in the world (1637m/5369 ft—previously measured to 1620m/5314 ft). Therefore, in Russian tradition Baikal is called the "sea", and in the Buryat and Mongol languages it is called Dalai-Nor, or "Sacred Sea". Its age is estimated at 25-30 million years, making it one of the most ancient lakes in geological history. It is unique among large, high-latitude lakes in that its sediments have not been scoured by overriding continental ice sheets. If all the sediment were scoured from the lake, it would be 9 km/5.5 miles deep. The lake is completely surrounded by mountains, and contains 22 small islands, the largest, Olkhon, being 72 km/45 miles long. The lake is fed by some 300 inflowing rivers, the six main ones being Selenga, the source of some of Baikal's pollution, Chikoy, Khiloh, Uda, Barguzin and Upper Angara, and is drained through a single outlet, the Angara River. PLACES INCLUDE: TOUNKINSKI, KOULTOUK, IRKOUTSK, TUNKA MINES, ALIBERT MINES

1890s Wood Engraving, Antique Map

Approximate Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Book Plate INTEXT MAP - Excellent Condition. Beautiful with excellent detail. There is Text on Front and Back Side.