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Name: Tianchi Lake, or Heaven Lake
Location: China-North Korea border
Coordinates: 42.0091, 128.0593
Why it's incredible: It is the deepest lake in China and sits at the top of a giant volcano.
Heaven Lake is a crater lake at the top of Mount Changbaishan (also called Changbai Mountain) — a colossal, dormant volcano on the border between China and North Korea that formed through successive eruptions over the past 2.6 million years.
Known in China as Tianchi, the lake is the highest and largest crater lake in Northeast Asia, Read Entire Article
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