Karymsky Lake
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Karymsky Lake is a crater lake located in the Karymsky volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula
, Russia
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With a radius of 5km it was once one of the world's largest fresh water lakes, but as a result of a recent eruption toxic gases turned this into one of the largest acid water lakes.
Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of . It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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With a radius of 5km it was once one of the world's largest fresh water lakes, but as a result of a recent eruption toxic gases turned this into one of the largest acid water lakes.