Vaygach Island

Vaygach Island is an in the Arctic Sea between the and the Kara Sea. Vaygach Island has about 100 residents.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: Khege-o”, “Vaigach Island”, and “Vaigatz

Vaygach Island

Latitude
69.98239° or 69° 58′ 57″ north
Longitude
59.58692° or 59° 35′ 13″ east
Population
100
Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)
Open location code
9HXXXHJP+XQ
Geo­Names ID
476326
Wiki­data ID
Q207677
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Vaygach Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة فايغاش
  • Armenian: Վայգաչ
  • Azerbaijani: Vayqaç
  • Basque: Vaigatx
  • Belarusian: Вайгач
  • Belarusian: Востраў Вайгач
  • Bulgarian: Вайгач
  • Catalan: Illa Vaigach
  • Catalan: Illa Vaigatx
  • Catalan: Illa Vaygach
  • Catalan: Vaigatx
  • Cebuano: Ostrov Vaygach
  • Chinese: 瓦伊加奇岛
  • Chinese: 瓦伊加奇島
  • Croatian: Vajgač
  • Czech: Vajgač
  • Danish: Vajgatsj
  • Dutch: Vaigach
  • Dutch: Vaigatsj
  • Dutch: Vajgatsj
  • Dutch: Vaygach
  • Dutch: Waigatsj
  • Dutch: Wajgatsj
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره فايجاش
  • Estonian: Vaigatš
  • Estonian: Vaigatši saar
  • Finnish: Vaigatš
  • Finnish: Vaigatsh
  • French: Île de Vaïgatch
  • French: Ile Vaigatch
  • French: île Vaïgatch
  • French: Île Vaïgatch
  • French: Île Vaygach
  • French: Vaygach
  • French: Waigatz
  • Galician: Vaygach
  • German: Vaigatsch
  • German: Vajgač
  • German: Waigatsch
  • German: Wajgatsch
  • Greek: Βαϊγκάτς
  • Hebrew: וייגאץ‘
  • Hebrew: וייגאץ’
  • Hindi: वाइगाच द्वीप
  • Italian: Isola Vaigač
  • Italian: Vajgač
  • Italian: Vaygach
  • Japanese: ヴァイガチ島
  • Japanese: バイガーチ島
  • Japanese: バイガチ島
  • Kazakh: Вайгач
  • Kirghiz: Вайгач
  • Korean: 바이가치섬
  • Latin: Vaigatia
  • Latvian: Vaigača
  • Lithuanian: Vaigačas
  • Macedonian: Вајгач
  • Mongolian: Вайгач арал
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vajgatsj
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vajgatsjøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vajgatsj
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vajgatsjøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Вайгач
  • Norwegian: Vajgatsj
  • Ossetian: Вайгач
  • Persian: جزیره وایگاش
  • Polish: Wajgacz
  • Portuguese: Ilha Vaigach
  • Portuguese: Ilha Vaigatch
  • Portuguese: Ilha Vaygach
  • Portuguese: Vaygach
  • Russian: Вайгач
  • Russian: Вайга́ч
  • Scots: Vaygach Island
  • Serbian: Vajgač
  • Serbian: Вајгач,
  • Serbian: Вајгач
  • Serbian: Острво Вајгач
  • Shona: Chitsuwa che Vhayigachi
  • Spanish: Isla Vaigach
  • Spanish: Isla Vaygach
  • Swedish: Vajgatj
  • Swedish: Vajgatjön
  • Tajik: Вайгаҷ
  • Tatar: Вайгач
  • Turkish: Vagyaç Adası
  • Turkish: Vaygaç Adası
  • Turkish: Vaygaç
  • Ukrainian: Вайгач
  • Uzbek: Vaygach

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