The nearest inhabited place is Nevodnoye, 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) to the north of the northern end.

Mikhaylovskoye, the district capital, lies 33 kilometers (21 mi) to the ESE.

The mud of Gornostalevo has been used by local people for medicinal purposes since old times.

Gornostalevo was finally surveyed by Irkutsk University scholar Klavdiy Nikolaevich Mirotvortsev [ru] (1880—1950) during his 1911 exploration of the Kulunda Steppe lakes on behalf of V.P.

The salt is of good quality...”Located in the Kulunda Plain, Gornostalevo has a roughly triangular shape, stretching roughly from north to south for approximately 6 kilometers (3.7 mi).The southwestern corner of the lake is only 500 meters (1,600 ft) to the east of the Russia-Kazakhstan border.