[2] The lake is located close to the western edge of the Krai.

Kulunda, the district capital, lies 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the west.

[3] Located in the Kulunda Plain, Gorkiye Kelty has a roughly semicircular shape.

[3] The lake is surrounded by flat steppe landscape and cultivated fields.

Among the birds found by the lake in the summer, the long-legged buzzard and the pied avocet deserve mention.