Ushkan Islands
The Ushkan Islands are a small archipelago on Lake Baikal in Russia. The group of islands consists of four islands: The islands are mainly composed of ancient crystallic limestone, and covered with larch forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Ushkan Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: island group
- Categories: island group, protected area of Russia, and landform
- Location: Buryatia, Eastern Siberia, Siberia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Ushkan Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ostrova Malyye Ushkan’i”
- Cebuano: “Ostrova Ushkan’i”
- Cebuano: “Ushkaniy Group”
- Cebuano: “Острова Малые Ушканьи”
- Chinese: “烏什卡尼群島”
- Croatian: “Uškanski otoci”
- Dutch: “Oesjkani ostrova”
- French: “îles Ouchkani”
- French: “Îles Ouchkani”
- Georgian: “უშკანის კუნძულები”
- German: “Uschkanji-Inseln”
- Italian: “Isole Uškan’i”
- Japanese: “ウシュカニ諸島”
- Korean: “우시칸 군도”
- Latin: “Leporum insulae”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Usjkanøyane”
- Russian: “Острова Малые Ушканьи”
- Russian: “Ушканьи острова”
- Ukrainian: “Ушканні острови”
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