Lake Baikal

If you look at the map of Russia, Baikal appears as a narrow blue crescent, lost somewhere in Siberia. In reality, its scale is only grasped on the spot. It`s not a lake in the conventional sense. The length of Baikal is comparable to the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg. In area, it`s almost equal to the territory of Belgium, and to travel around it, you`d have to cover over two thousand kilometers.