Barskoon Waterfall ( ky, Барскоон шаркыратмасы, russian: Водопад Барскаун) is a geological protected area located in
Jeti-Ögüz District of
Issyk-Kul Region of
Kyrgyzstan.
It sits 90 km to the south-west of
Karakol
Karakol ( ky, Каракол, Karakol, قاراقول, ; zh, 卡拉科尔), formerly Przhevalsk (russian: Пржевальск), is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, about from the Kyrgyzstan–C ...
on one of the tributaries of the river
Barskoon. There are several waterfalls at the site, which is located 20 km south of the village of
Barskoon. The height of the main cascade is .
National Monument
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status was established in 1975.
According to one legend, the waterfall was created from the tears of a female leopard who cried over the injured cubs that fell off a cliff.
On the way to Barskoon, two monuments were erected. One is a Soviet truck on a wide pedestal, and the other is a bust of
Yuri Gagarin.
References
Natural monuments of Kyrgyzstan
Protected areas established in 1975
Waterfalls of Kyrgyzstan
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