Volny Island
Volny Island is a locality in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Volny Island is situated nearby to the suburb Turukhtannye Islands, as well as near Ugolnaya Harbor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Maly Rezvy and Molvinsky Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Apraksin Dvor and South Saint Petersburg.
Apraksin Dvor
Suburb
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project. Apraksin Dvor is situated 6 km northeast of Volny Island.
South Saint Petersburg
Photo: Ирина Смирнова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Southern suburbs of St. Petersburg are the area south of the Obvodny Canal. Although unknown to most visitors, the area boasts gorgeous industrial architecture and magnificent Stalinist buildings, together with later highrises or Soviet-era panel apartment blocks.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Peter and Paul Fortress is situated 7 km northeast of Volny Island.
Volny Island
- Type: Locality
- Description: former island in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Category: former island
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.89968° or 59° 53′ 59″ northLongitude
30.23693° or 30° 14′ 13″ eastOpen location code
9GFGV6XP+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 11438935270OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q16631650
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Volny Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Vol’nyy”
- Cebuano: “Volni Ostrov”
- Russian: “Вольный остров”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Turukhtannye Islands and Ugolnaya Harbor.
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