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Olkhon Island

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Olkhon (in Russian Ольхон) is the largest Island on Lake Baikal in Russia. Its area is 730 sq km. Mount Zhima is the tallest point on the island at 1,276 m and 818 m above the Baikal water level. The island is large enough to have its own lakes.

The indigenous Buryats believe the island to be spiritual place. On the eastern shore, close to the island's administrative center Khuzhir, is Baikal's most famous landmark, the Shamanka, or Shaman's Rock.

Olkhon is becoming a popular tourist destination.

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