Maloe More (; in English literally ''the Small Sea'') is a

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk Oblasts of Russia, Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

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. It separates the largest island of the lake, Olkhon Island, from the western shore of Baikal. The length of the strait is about 70 km and width 5 – 16 km. The maximum depth is 210 m in the northern part where the strait opens to the open Baikal.Maloe More. Ostrov Olkhon
In the south, Maloe More strait is connected through the narrow

Olkhon Gate Olkhon Gate (, ''Olkhonskie Vorota'') is a strait of Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the south-west of Olkhon Island from the western shore of Baikal. In the north the strait opens out into the Maloe More strait, and to the south into the cent ...

strait to the central part of the lake. The Tryokhgolovy Golets, highest peak of the Primorsky Range, rises on the continental side of the strait. The waters of Maloe More are heated up to 20-25 degrees Celsius during summer. Maloe More is rich in fish. It is inhabited by

sturgeon Sturgeon (from Old English ultimately from Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European *''str̥(Hx)yón''-) is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the ...

, golomyanka, Baikal omul, grayling, whitefish,

perch Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus ''Perca'', which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (''P. fluviatilis'') ...

and pike. The islands of Ogoy, Zamogoy, Izhilhey, Oltrec and Khibin, are located in the Maloe More. The rivers Sarma, Kurma, etc. flow into the Small Sea. The strait is a result of millions of years of

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movement, resulting in the hollowing of the channel between the land and the block of stone forming the Olkhon Island.

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