Olkhon
Olkhon is by far the largest island in Lake Baikal, and one of the real jewels of Siberia. With its amazingly diverse landscape and a vibrant culture that even the Soviets couldn't quite suppress, this island practically begs for a spot on your Siberian itinerary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia
- Also known as: “Olchon” and “Olkhon Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include cape Burkhan.
cape Burkhan
Cliff
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaman Rock, Cape Burhan, or Shamanka is a rock, on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia. It is in Pribaikalsky National Park, and is near Khuzhir, the largest city on Olkhon Island.
Olkhon
- Category: landform
- Location: Irkutsk Oblast, Eastern Siberia, Siberia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Olkhon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yakut—“Olkhon” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “islla d’Olkhon”
- Asturian: “Olkhon”
- Azerbaijani: “Olxon adası”
- Basque: “Olkhon”
- Belarusian: “Альхон”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Альхон”
- Bengali: “ওলখন দ্বীপ”
- Bulgarian: “Олхон”
- Catalan: “Illa Olkhon”
- Catalan: “Olchon”
- Catalan: “Olkhon”
- Cebuano: “Olkhon”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Ol’khon”
- Cebuano: “Остров Ольхон”
- Chinese: “奥尔洪岛”
- Chinese: “奧爾洪”
- Chinese: “奧爾洪島”
- Czech: “Olchon”
- Danish: “Olkhon”
- Dutch: “Olchon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اولخون ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اولخون”
- Esperanto: “Olĥon”
- Estonian: “Olhon”
- French: “Ile d’Olkhon”
- French: “Île d’Olkhon”
- French: “Olchon”
- French: “Olkhon”
- Galician: “Olkhon”
- Georgian: “ოლხონი”
- Georgian: “ოლხონის კუნძული”
- German: “Olchon-Insel”
- German: “Olchon”
- Hebrew: “אולחון”
- Hungarian: “Olhon”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Olkhon”
- Italian: “Ol’chon”
- Japanese: “オリホン島”
- Korean: “알혼”
- Korean: “올혼섬”
- Latin: “Olchon”
- Lithuanian: “Olchonas”
- Malay: “Pulau Olkhon”
- Mongolian: “Ольхон арал”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olkhon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ольхон”
- Persian: “جزیره اولخون”
- Polish: “Olchon”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Olkhon”
- Portuguese: “Olkhon”
- Russia Buriat: “Ойхон арал”
- Russia Buriat: “Ольхон”
- Russian: “Ойхон арал”
- Russian: “Ойхон”
- Russian: “Ольхон”
- Russian: “Остров Ольхон”
- Slovenian: “Olhon”
- Spanish: “Isla de Oljon”
- Spanish: “Isla de Oljón”
- Spanish: “Oljon”
- Spanish: “Oljón”
- Spanish: “Olkhon”
- Swedish: “Olchon”
- Tamil: “ஓல்க்கான்”
- Turkish: “Olhon Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Ольхон”
- Urdu: “اولخون جزیرہ”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Olkhon”
- Wu Chinese: “奥尔洪岛”
- Yakut: “Ольхон”
- Yakut: “Өлүү хонуута”
- Yakut: “Улахан”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Olkhon”. Photo: Simon Matzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.