Lake Dyupkun

Coordinates: 68°12′28″N 92°46′14″E / 68.207778°N 92.770556°E / 68.207778; 92.770556

Lake Dyupkun (Дюпкун) is a vast, isolated lake stretching for 90 kilometers in the southwest of the Putorana Plateau in Northern Siberia.[1] The Kureika River flows through the lake from south to north. It lies on marshy ground at the bottom of a valley and has an area of 199 km2.[2] The lake's left bank is the location of the Talnikovy Waterfall, claimed to be the highest in all of Asia.[3]

  1. ↑ "Яндекс.Словари".
  2. ↑ "Государственный водный реестр: озеро Дюпкун".
  3. ↑ "Тальниковый - высочайший водопад России (фото) - 7 Января 2011 - Тальниковый водопад".
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