Butugychag

Butugychag was a tin, gold and uranium mine and a former forced labour camp in the Kolyma region of North-Eastern Russia, present-day .
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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: tin, gold and uranium mine in North-Eastern Russia
  • Also known as: “Butögöchag”, “Butugychak”, “Butygychag”, “Nizhniy Butugychag”, and “Razvaliny Verkhniy Butugychag”

Butugychag

Latitude
61.31618° or 61° 18′ 58″ north
Longitude
149.14709° or 149° 8′ 50″ east
Elevation
928 metres (3,045 feet)
Open location code
9RHF848W+FR
Geo­Names ID
2126382
Wiki­data ID
Q4100327
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Butugychag” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Бутугичаг”
  • Chinese: “布圖吉查格礦坑”
  • Czech: “Butugyčag”
  • Dutch: “Boetoegytsjag”
  • French: “Boutougytchag”
  • Russian: “Бутугычаг”
  • Russian: “Развалины Верхний Бутугычаг”
  • Swedish: “Butugytjag”
  • Ukrainian: “Бутугичаг”

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