Tunkin Depression
Tunkin Depression is a volcanic field in Russia. The Tunkin Depression itself is a 200 kilometres tectonic depression, part of the Baikal Rift Zone, between Lake Baikal and Khövsgöl Nuur.
- Type: Depression with an elevation of 1,506 metres
- Description: valley in Republic of Buryatia, Russia
- Also known as: “Cuenca de Tunka”, “Depresion de Tunka”, “Toenka-depressie”, “Tuninskaja kotlowina”, “Tunka Depression”, “Tunka valley”, “Tunkinská depresia”, “Tunkinskaya kotlovina”, and “Тункинская долина”
Tunkin Depression
- Categories: volcano, valley, depression, and landform
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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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
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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-vallei”
- French: “dépression de Tounka”
- French: “Vallée de la Tounka”
- German: “Tunka-Tal”
- Italian: “depressione di Tunka”
- Italian: “Depressione di Tunka”
- Kirghiz: “Тункин ойдуңу”
- Polish: “Dolina Tunkińska”
- Russian: “Тункинская котловина”
- Slovak: “Tunkinskaja kotlovina”
- Spanish: “Depresión de Tunka”
- Turkish: “Tunkin Depresyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Тункинська долина”
- Ukrainian: “Тункінська долина”
- Uzbek: “Tunka soyligi”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Slyudyanka and Sukhoy Ruchey.
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