Okhinka
Okha is a city and important oil hub on the northern tip of Sakhalin island in the Russian Far East. Ancestors of the 23,000 people living here named the town Okha, with their usual pragmatism: it derived from an indigenous word for bad water, to which the town owes its existence.- Stream
- …is also known as “Okha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Памятник В.И. Ленину and Воинам-охинцам, павшим в годы Великой Отечественной войны.
Памятник В.И. Ленину
Memorial
Памятник В.И. Ленину is a memorial, which is situated 3 km northwest of Okhinka.
Воинам-охинцам, павшим в годы Великой Отечественной войны
Memorial
Воинам-охинцам, павшим в годы Великой Отечественной войны is a memorial, which is situated 4 km north of Okhinka.
Okhinka
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Latitude
53.5662° or 53° 33′ 58″ north
Longitude
142.97106° or 142° 58′ 16″ east
Open location code
9R54HX8C+FC
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Okhinka” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوخا”
- Azerbaijani: “Oxa”
- Belarusian: “Горад Аха”
- Catalan: “Okhà”
- Chinese: “奥哈”
- Esperanto: “Oĥa”
- Estonian: “Ohha”
- Finnish: “Oha”
- German: “Ocha”
- Italian: “Ocha”
- Japanese: “オハ”
- Korean: “오하”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Okha i Russland”
- Persian: “اوخا، روسیه”
- Polish: “Ocha”
- Romanian: “Oha”
- Russian: “Оха”
- Russian: “Охинка”
- Spanish: “Ojá”
- Swedish: “Ocha”
- Urdu: “اوخا، روس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yuzhnaya Okha and Rodniki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Okha and Zaliv Urkt.
Russian Far East: Highlights
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