The shoreline of Khurgan Nuur is dry and exposed. Few people travel along its southern shore, but if you are going this way, you can seek out a stupa-like construction and several burial sites. Close to the top of the southern shore is a balbal (stone figure believed to be a Turkic grave marker).
Khurgan Nuur
Western Mongolia
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