Tunkin Depression

Tunkin Depression is a volcanic field in . The Tunkin Depression itself is a 200 kilometres tectonic depression, part of the Baikal Rift Zone, between and Khövsgöl Nuur.
  • Type: Depression with an elevation of 1,506 metres
  • Description: valley in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
  • Also known as: Tunka Depression”, “Tunka valley”, “Tunkinskaya kotlovina”, and “Tunkinskaya Vpadina

Tunkin Depression

Latitude
51.5° or 51° 30′ north
Longitude
103.5° or 103° 30′ east
Elevation
1,506 metres (4,941 feet)
Open location code
9P35GG22+22
Geo­Names ID
2014866
Wiki­data ID
Q2669883
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Tunkin Depression” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: منخفض تونكين
  • Asturian: Tunka valley
  • Bulgarian: Тункинска котловина
  • Cebuano: Tunkinskaya Vpadina
  • Dutch: Toenka-depressie
  • Dutch: Toenka-vallei
  • French: dépression de Tounka
  • French: Vallée de la Tounka
  • German: Tuninskaja kotlowina
  • German: Tunka-Tal
  • Italian: depressione di Tunka
  • Italian: Depressione di Tunka
  • Kirghiz: Тункин ойдуңу
  • Polish: Dolina Tunkińska
  • Russian: Тункинская долина
  • Russian: Тункинская котловина
  • Slovak: Tunkinská depresia
  • Slovak: Tunkinskaja kotlovina
  • Spanish: Cuenca de Tunka
  • Spanish: Depresion de Tunka
  • Spanish: Depresión de Tunka
  • Turkish: Tunkin Depresyonu
  • Ukrainian: Тункинська долина
  • Ukrainian: Тункінська долина
  • Uzbek: Tunka soyligi

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