Valdai Hills

The Valdai Hills, sometimes shortened to Valdai, are an upland region in the north-west of central running north–south, about midway between and , spanning , , , , and .
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 241 metres
  • Description: upland region in Russia
  • Also known as: “Alaunská vysočina”, “Alaunské vrchy”, “altopiano del Valdaj”, “Colinas de Valdái”, “Colinas Valday”, “Colinele Valdai”, “Collines de Valdai”, “Collines Valdaï”, “Meseta de Valdai”, “Planalto de valdai”, “Plateau de Valdai”, “Plateau de Valdaï”, “Turons de Valdai”, “Turons Valdái”, “Valdai”, “Valdaiåsane”, “Valdaihøgdene”, “Valdaihøydene”, “Valdaiskaja vozvyšennost”, “Valdajåsane”, “Valdajhoogte”, “Valdajskaja vozvysjennost”, “Valdajské hory”, “Valdajské vrchy”, “Valday”, “Volchonský les”, “Wolochonskiwald”, “Wyżyna Wałdaj”, “Wyżyna Wałdajska”, “Валдай”, “Валда́й”, “ВАЛДАЙ ҚЫРАТЫ”, “Валда́йская возвы́шенность”, “Валдај”, “Վալդայան բարձրություն”, “발다이 고개”, “ヴァルダイの丘”, “バルダイ丘陵”, and “瓦尔代丘陵”

Valdai Hills

Latitude
57.01687° or 57° 1′ 1″ north
Longitude
33.49923° or 33° 29′ 57″ east
Elevation
241 metres (791 feet)
Open location code
9G9M2F8X+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Valdai Hills” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تلال فالداي”
  • Armenian: “Վալդայան բարձրավայր”
  • Armenian: “Վալդայի բարձրություն”
  • Basque: “Valdai muinoak”
  • Belarusian: “Валдайскае ўзвышша”
  • Bulgarian: “Валдайско възвишение”
  • Catalan: “planell de Valdai”
  • Catalan: “Planell de Valdai”
  • Cebuano: “Valdai Hills”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔代高地”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾代高地”
  • Chuvash: “Валдай сăртлăхĕ”
  • Czech: “Valdajská vrchovina”
  • Danish: “Valdajhøjderne”
  • Danish: “Valdajhøjene”
  • Dutch: “Waldajhoogte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تلال فالداى”
  • Esperanto: “Valdaja Altaĵo”
  • Estonian: “Valdai kõrgustik”
  • Finnish: “Valdain ylänkö”
  • French: “Collines de Valdaï”
  • Georgian: “ვალდაის მაღლობი”
  • German: “Waldaihöhen”
  • Greek: “υψώματα Βαλντάι”
  • Greek: “Υψώματα Βαλντάι”
  • Hungarian: “Valdaj-hátság”
  • Hungarian: “Valdaj”
  • Indonesian: “Perbukitan Valdai”
  • Italian: “rialto del Valdaj”
  • Italian: “Rialto del Valdaj”
  • Japanese: “ヴァルダイ丘陵”
  • Kazakh: “Valdaý qıratı”
  • Kazakh: “Валдай қыраты”
  • Kazakh: “ۆالداي قىراتى”
  • Kirghiz: “Валдай дөңсөөсү”
  • Korean: “발다이 구릉”
  • Ladin: “Coi de Valdai”
  • Latin: “Elevatio Valdaica”
  • Latvian: “Valdaja augstiene”
  • Lithuanian: “Valdajaus aukštuma”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waldaihuuger”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Valdajhøydene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valdajhøgdene”
  • Norwegian: “Valdajhøydene”
  • Ossetian: “Валдайы уæлвæз”
  • Persian: “تپه‌های والدای”
  • Polish: “Wałdaj”
  • Portuguese: “Colinas de Valdai”
  • Romanian: “Podișul Valdai”
  • Russian: “Valdayskaya Vozvyshennost’”
  • Russian: “Валдайская возвышенность”
  • Serbian: “Валдајско побрђе”
  • Slovak: “Valdajská pahorkatina”
  • Spanish: “Meseta de Valdái”
  • Swedish: “Valdajhöjderna”
  • Tatar: “Валдай калкулыгы”
  • Turkish: “Valday Tepeleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Валдайська височина”
  • Uzbek: “Valday qirlari”
  • Venetian: “rialto del Valdaj”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng đồi Valdai”
  • Welsh: “Bryniau Valdai”
  • Yiddish: “וואלדאי בערג”

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