Barguzin Bay
Barguzin Bay (or Barguzinsky Bay) is a branch of Lake Baikal, in the Republic of Buryatia; part of it lies in the Zabaykalsky National Park, Zabaykalsky (Trans-Baikal) National Park. The bay is named after the Barguzin River that flows into it from the eastern side of the lake. Geography Barguzinsky Bay is bounded by the mainland on the southeast, the main landmass of Svyatoy Nos Peninsula, Buryatia, Svyatoy Nos Peninsula (the "Holy Nose") on the northwest side, and the Chivyrkuisky Isthmus (that connects the two) on the northeast side. The isthmus separates it from the Chivyrkuisky Bay further to the northeast. The bay is roughly diamond-shaped, almost square, with diagonals measuring about 38 km (north-south) and 32 km (east-west). The entrance at the southwest, between the southwest tip of Svyatoy Nos (Cape Lower Head (''Нижнее Изголовье'') and Cape Krestovy on the mainland, is about 23 km wide. Just beyond the entrance, the bay widens towar ...
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