In 1912 a powerful earthquake pushed the Fann Mountains from inside and broke into pieces the southern slope of the Western Fann Range. A river was blocked and an inimitably beautiful lake, Big Allo, appeared. The reservoir in the form of a bean lying in a depression surrounded with huge vertical walls at an elevation of 3,150 m (39°12"27.99"С; 68° 7"52.55"В) is filled with incredibly deep blue ice-cold water. The northern shore features individual relict junipers with strangely twisted and bent trunks, which inevitably attract photographers and those who like unusually shaped wildlife forms.
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