Volny Island
Volny Island is an island in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Volny Island is situated nearby to the locality Krestovsky Ostrov, as well as near Elagin ovstov.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: former island in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Also known as: “Vol’ny Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zenit and Dekabristov Garden.
Zenit
Metro station
Zenit is a Saint Petersburg Metro station on the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It opened on May 26, 2018 as Novokrestovskaya as part of the extension of the line to the north from Primorskaya.
Krestovskiy ostrov
Metro station
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krestovsky Ostrov is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on September 3, 1999. It should have been opened earlier but the opening was postponed due to delays in the construction of the station lobby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petrograd Side and Lakhta.
Petrograd Side
Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Petrograd Side is a borough in Saint Petersburg consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.
Lakhta
Suburb
Lakhta is a historical area in Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated west of Lake Lakhta. It was formerly owned by Peter the Great, Count Grigory Orlov, and Count Stenbock-Fermor. Lakhta is situated 4½ km northwest of Volny Island.
Komendantsky Aerodrom
Suburb
Photo: Dinamik, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Komendantsky Aerodrom is a suburb, which is situated 5 km northeast of Volny Island.
Volny Island
- Categories: former island and landform
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Volny Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Volny Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vol’nyy Ostrov”
- Russian: “Вольный (остров, присоединён к острову Декабристов)”
- Russian: “Вольный остров”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Krestovsky Ostrov and Elagin ovstov.
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Highlights include Little Nevka and Little Neva.
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