Shipunovo, the district capital, lies 44 kilometers (27 mi) to the southeast.

The lake has an elongated shape, stretching roughly from northeast to southwest for over 11 kilometers (6.8 mi).

[2] The ribbon pine forest characteristic of the Ob Plateau grows in places close to the lake.

Reeds and bulrushes are found in certain sections of the lakeshore and submerged aquatic plants grow further off the shore.

[3] Regarding the fauna of the lake, the larvae of lake flies and mayflies, amphipods, water bugs, ramshorn snails and bivalves deserve mention.