Lake Smerdyachye (Озеро Смердячье - ''lake which smells bad'') is a small lake in

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near

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north from the nearest village

Bakhscheevo Baksheevo (Бакшеево) is a village in Russia near town of Roshal incorporated into the of Shatura district of Moscow Oblast. The population is 2296 people. Backsheevo was founded as a village of peat harvesters for the Shatura Power Statio ...

(Бакшеево).

Lake

The lake is situated in a

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forest. It is round (diameter ) and appeared thousands years ago as a meteor crater. Depth is . Until early 2000s it was thought it is of

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origin.Смердячее ' РФ, Моск.обл.
Каталог импакных структур Земли The condition of the lake is slowly degrading. The water changes colour, level and purity with seasons and years, and pine trees come very close to the shore of the lake. Smerdiachee is surrounded with a wall-like ring which is common for craters.

Transportation and tourism

The lake can be accessed from Moscow by car (the closest city is Roshal), but the last miles must be done on foot through the forest (people usually park their cars in

village). Several dozen tourists visit Smerdyachye each year. The lake is also popular among

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and mystics. Locals from the village use the lake sometimes for fishing and pick wild berries nearby.

References

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