Olkhon (Russian: Ольхо́н, also transliterated as Olchon; Buryat: Ойхон, Oikhon) is the third-largest lake island in the world. It is by far the largest...
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exist in Baikal's rift valley. Frozen lake Baikal near Olkhon Island Cliffs on Olkhon Island A sandy beach in the Kabansky District Mountains on the...
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Shaman Rock (category Olkhon Island)
a rock, on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia. It is in Pribaikalsky National Park, and is near Khuzhir, the largest city on Olkhon Island. The rock connects...
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coast of the Olkhon Island and Kurminskiy Bay on the western shore of Lake Baikal. The island is uninhabited. Vegetation on the island is scarce, mainly...
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Olkhon Gate (Russian: Ольхонские Ворота, Olkhonskie Vorota) is a strait of Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the south-west of Olkhon Island from the western...
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A recursive island or lake, also known as a nested island or lake, is an island or a lake that lies within a lake or an island. For the purposes of defining...
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a strait in Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the largest island of the lake, Olkhon Island, from the western shore of Baikal. The length of the strait...
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eastern side. Olkhon in Lake Baikal, Russia – 730 km2 (280 sq mi) Isle Royale in Lake Superior, United States – 541 km2 (209 sq mi) Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria...
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Khuzhir, Irkutsk Oblast (category Olkhon Island)
of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the west side of the Olkhon Island, the largest island in Lake Baikal. Population: 1,251 (2010 Census); 1,148 (2002...
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slopes of the Primorsky Range to the west, as well as offshore islands such as Olkhon Island to the east. It is about 50 km southeast of the city of Irkutsk...
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further up the Lena and became the first Russian to see Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island. Half his party under Skorokhodov remained on the lake, reached the...
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his vehicle out on the ice near Khoboi Cape on the northern edge of Olkhon Island. Five of the passengers escaped, but Yanukovych was unable to unfasten...
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Sibir, New Siberian Islands Novaya Zemlya Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii, Severnaya Zemlya Olkhon, lake Baikal Onekotan, Kuril Islands Rudolfa, Franz Josef...
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(Aves, Podicipedidae) from the Miocene of Eastern Siberia (Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island)". Paleontological Journal. 49 (5): 521–529. Bibcode:2015PalJ...49....
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crest of the ridge. The margins of the ridge, Olkhon Island to the southwest and the Ushkanie Islands to the northeast, are above lake level while the...
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the Sarma River descended to Lake Baikal near Olkhon Island. Having built new boats, Ivanov sailed to Olkhon. Ivanov sent 36 men under the leadership of...
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part, Big Diomede Island in the Bering Strait. From north to south, the country ranges from the northern tip of the Russian Arctic islands at Franz Josef...
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Part of a series on Anthropology of religion Buryat shaman on Olkhon Island, Siberia Basic concepts Afterlife Animism Augury Communitas Comparative religion...
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Asteraceae, native to Irkutsk Oblast in Russia. It is found only on Olkhon Island of Lake Baikal. "Artemisia olchonensis Leonova". Plants of the World...
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of Malomorskaya river station from Olkhon Gate strait Ferry "MRS – Olkhon Island" The ferry travels to Olkhon Island Bazarnaia Bay View on Sakhyurta and...
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south of the Baikal Mountains and discovered Lake Baikal, visiting its Olkhon Island. Subsequently, Ivanov made the first chart and description of Baikal...
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south of the Baikal Mountains and discovered Lake Baikal, visiting its Olkhon Island. Ivanov later made the first chart and description of Baikal. In 1639...
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Peschanaya, Irkutsk Oblast (category Olkhon Island)
the bay Nurganskaya Guba in the middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island, in 12 km northeast from the village Kharantsy. In the late 1930s near...
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huzhiricus was described by Zelenkov (2015) from specimens collected from Olkhon Island. The distal part in the humeri of Miobaptus is different from extant...
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middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island A bay in the middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island An island in the Maloe More strait of Lake...
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Buryat shaman wearing a toli hanging from his neck; Olkhon Island, Russia...
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southern basins and rises above the water level at the Ushkan Islands and the Olkhon Island. A large number of brooks flow down both sides of the ridge...
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chronology of ancient Baikalia. In 1916 Petri explored the cave systems of Olkhon Island. In the spring of 1918 Petri and his wife Lyubov relocated from Petrograd...
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there are about 30 ferries. The largest of them are situated on the Olkhon island, in Listvyanka, Balagansk and Svirsk. These ferries belong to the ESINC...
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serges at Cape Burhan on Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal Serges heavily adorned with ribbons and scarves at Cape Burhan on Olkhon Island A serge in the Amginsky...
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