Lake Dyupkun

Lake Dyupkun (Дюпкун) is a vast, isolated lake stretching for 90 kilometres (56 mi) 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]

Lake Dyupkun
Lake Dyupkun
LocationPutorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia
Coordinates68.207778°N 92.770556°E / 68.207778; 92.770556
Typelake

It is located southeast of Lake Khantayskoye.[4]

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