Payvan
Payvan is a locality in Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nogliki.
Nogliki
Railway station
Photo: Fenerli1978, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nogliki is a railway station, which is situated 3 km southwest of Payvan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nogliki.
Nogliki
Photo: Btibbets, Public domain.
Nogliki is a city in on the island of Sakhalin in Russian Far East, roughly 2/3 up the island. The name is a canny reference to the booming oil business here as it's derived from the indigenous Nivkh word noghl-vo which means 'smelling-village'.
Payvan
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.81451° or 51° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
143.16363° or 143° 9′ 49″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
9R35R577+RFGeoNames ID
2122201
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In Other Languages
“Payvan” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Пайван”
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Highlights include Protoka Mopi and Nogliki.
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