Olkhon

Olkhon is by far the largest island in , and one of the real jewels of . 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.
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  • Island
  • …has 1,740 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 571 metres (1,873 feet)
  • Description: island in Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia
  • Also known as
    “Olchon”
    “Olkhon Island”
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include cape Burkhan.

Cliff
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaman Rock, Cape Burhan, or Shamanka is a rock, on Olkhon Island, , .

Olkhon

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Latitude
53.1698° or 53° 10′ 11″ north
Longitude
107.32° or 107° 19′ 12″ east
Open location code
9P595899+WX
Geo­Names ID
6620466
Wiki­data ID
Q756774

Satellite Map

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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: “奥利洪岛”
  • Chinese: “奥尔洪岛”
  • Chinese: “奧利洪島”
  • 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”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin Olkhon”
  • Hebrew: “אולחון”
  • Hungarian: “Olhon”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Olkhon”
  • Italian: “Ol’chon”
  • Japanese: “オリホン島”
  • Korean: “알혼”
  • Korean: “올혼섬”
  • Latin: “Olchon”
  • Lithuanian: “Olchonas”
  • Macedonian: “Олхон”
  • 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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