Batagaika crater
The Batagaika crater is a thermokarst depression in the Chersky Range area. The largest known permafrost crater in the world, it is within the Sakha Republic, Russia, in its Verkhoyansky District.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Depression with an elevation of 298 metres
- Description: thermokarst depression in Russia
- Also known as: “Batagaika”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ese-Khayya.
Ese-Khayya
Village
Ese-Khayya is an urban locality in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 20 kilometers from Batagay, the administrative center of the district. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 239. Ese-Khayya is situated 6 km southwest of Batagaika crater.
Batagaika crater
- Categories: thermokarst and landform
- Location: Yakutia, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Batagaika crater from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Western Panjabi—“Batagaika crater” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Batagaika Megaslump”
- Bavarian: “Batagaika-Krater”
- Bavarian: “Batagaika”
- Catalan: “Cràter de Batagaika”
- Chinese: “巴塔盖卡坑”
- Czech: “Batagajka”
- Dutch: “Batagaika-krater”
- Estonian: “Batagaika kraater”
- Finnish: “Batagaikan kraatteri”
- French: “cratère de Batagaika”
- French: “Cratère de Batagaika”
- Georgian: “ბატაგაიკის კრატერი”
- German: “Batagaika Megaslump”
- German: “Batagaika-Krater”
- German: “Batagaika”
- Hebrew: “מכתש בטאגייקה”
- Irish: “Cráitéar Batagaika”
- Japanese: “バタガイカ・クレーター”
- Korean: “바타가이카 분화구”
- Persian: “دهانه باتاگایکا”
- Polish: “Krater Batagajka”
- Russian: “Батагайка”
- Spanish: “Batagaika”
- Spanish: “Crater de Batagaika”
- Spanish: “Cráter de Batagaika”
- Swedish: “Batagaikakrater”
- Swiss German: “Batagaika Megaslump”
- Swiss German: “Batagaika-Krater”
- Swiss German: “Batagaika”
- Tamil: “படகைக்கா பள்ளம்”
- Turkish: “Batagaika krateri”
- Ukrainian: “Батагайка”
- Urdu: “باٹاگائیکا آتش فشاں”
- Western Panjabi: “باٹاگائیکا آتش فشاں”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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