Olkhon Gate
Olkhon Gate is a strait of Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the south-west of Olkhon Island from the western shore of Baikal. In the north the strait opens out into the Maloe More strait, and to the south into the central open Baikal.Photo: Brattarb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait of Lake Baikal, Russia
- Also known as: “Proliv Ol’khonskiye Vorota”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kurkut.
Kurkut
Hamlet
Photo: AlexanderKlink, CC BY 4.0.
Kurkut is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km west of Olkhon Gate.
Olkhon Gate
- Category: body of water
- Location: Irkutsk Oblast, Eastern Siberia, Siberia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Olkhon Gate from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Olkhon Gate” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Olxon darvazası”
- Cebuano: “Proliv Ol’khonskiye Vorota”
- German: “Seestraße von Olchon”
- Russian: “Ольхонские ворота”
- Russian: “Ольхонские Ворота”
- Russian: “Пролив Ольхонские Ворота”
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