Valaam
Valaam is an island and archipelago in Ladoga, Russian Karelia. It has a special nature and is famous for the monastery from the 14th century. It is part of the Silver Ring of cultural and historical centers of Northwestern Russia.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago in Russia
- Also known as: “Ostrov Valamo” and “Valamo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Konevsky Skete.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valaam and All Saints Skete.
Valaam
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Karelia, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.3711° or 61° 22′ 16″ north
Longitude
30.944° or 30° 56′ 39″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
9GHG9WCV+CJ
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Satellite Map
Discover Valaam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Valaam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فالام”
- Bashkir: “Валаам архипелагы”
- Belarusian: “Валаамскі архіпелаг”
- Bulgarian: “Валаамски острови”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Valaam”
- Chinese: “瓦拉姆群島”
- Czech: “Valaam”
- Dutch: “Valaam”
- Esperanto: “Valaam”
- Esperanto: “Valamo”
- Estonian: “Valamo”
- Finnish: “Valamo”
- French: “archipel de Valaam”
- French: “Archipel de Valaam”
- French: “Valamo”
- Georgian: “ვალაამის არქიპელაგი”
- German: “Valamo”
- German: “Walaam”
- Italian: “Arcipelago di Valaam”
- Italian: “Valaam”
- Japanese: “ヴァラーム”
- Latin: “Balaamicae insulae”
- Lithuanian: “Valaamo salos”
- Livvi: “Valamoi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Valaam”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valaam”
- Norwegian: “Valaam”
- Persian: “والاآم”
- Polish: “Wyspy Wałaamskie”
- Portuguese: “Valaam”
- Romanian: “Valaam”
- Russian: “Валаам”
- Russian: “Валаамский архипелаг”
- Serbian: “Валамски архипелаг”
- Skolt Sami: “Valaam suõllu”
- Skolt Sami: “Valam”
- Spanish: “Islas Valaam”
- Swedish: “Valamo”
- Tatar: “Валаам архипелагы”
- Turkish: “Valaam Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Валаам”
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