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Karymsky Lake

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Location
  
Kamchatka, Russia

Basin countries
  
Russia

Type
  
crater lake

Surface elevation
  
630 m

Karymsky Lake

Karymsky Lake is a crater lake located in the Karymsky volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. With a radius of 5 km it was once one of the world's largest fresh water lakes, but as a result of a recent eruption toxic gases turned this into one of the largest acid water lakes.

Map of Karymskoye, Kamchatka Krai, Russia, 684300

References

Karymsky Lake Wikipedia