Baunt

Baunt
Баунт / Баунт нуур
Mt Bolshoy Khapton rising above the lakeshore
Baunt is located in Republic of Buryatia
Baunt
Baunt
LocationBaunt Basin
South Siberian System
Coordinates55°10′54″N 113°0′36″E / 55.18167°N 113.01000°E / 55.18167; 113.01000[1]
Primary inflowsUpper Tsipa, Kinavka, Tsipikan
Primary outflowsTsipa
Catchment area10,300 km2 (4,000 sq mi)
Basin countriesBuryatia, Russia
Max. length16.3 km (10.1 mi)
Max. width9 km (5.6 mi)
Surface area111 km2 (43 sq mi)
Average depth17 m (56 ft)
Max. depth33 m (108 ft)
Shore length155 km (34 mi)
Surface elevation1,060 m (3,478 ft)
FrozenOctober to May
SettlementsKurort Baunt, Baunt
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Baunt (Russian: Баунт; Russian Buryat: Баунт нуур, Baunt nuur) is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia.[2]

The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bolshoy Khapton, near the confluence of the Upper Tsipa, and the village of Baunt is on the northeastern shore. At a headland named Cape Tryokhstanka there are ancient petroglyphs. The lake is a protected area since 1988. Its environment provides a habitat for a number of fish and bird species, as well as the crustacean Asellus aquaticus.[3][4]

  1. ^ Google Earth
  2. ^ "Озеро Баунт in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ Озеро Баунт - ООПТ России
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference WR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).