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Valaam
Valaam (Russian: Валаам or Валаамский архипелаг; Finnish: Valamo) is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km2. The largest island is also called Valaam.
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Overview
Valaam (Russian: Валаам or Валаамский архипелаг; Finnish: Valamo) is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russia. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km2. The largest island is also called Valaam. Other named islands are: Skitsky (second by size), Lembos, Sviatoy, Bayonny, Moskovsky, Predtechensky, Nikonovsky, Divny, Emelyanov, Oboronny, Goly, Savvaty's, Zosima's, Skalisty, Lukovy, Ovsiany, Rzhanoi, Nikolsky. It is best known as the site of the 14th century Valaam Monastery on Valaam Island and for its natural environment.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands5
- Islets6
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Valaam Island
- Area
- 28.5 km²
- High point
- 42 m
Minor islands
Skitsky Island
- Area
- 2.9 km²
- High point
- 52 m
Bayonnoy
- Area
- 0.92 km²
- High point
- 41 m
Predtechenskiy island
- Area
- 0.26 km²
- High point
- 45 m
Lembos island
- Area
- 0.24 km²
- High point
- 58 m
Avraamievskiy island
- Area
- 0.21 km²
- High point
- 26 m
Islets
- Oboronny18 m · 0.09 km²
- Svyatoy4 m · 0.08 km²
- Divny island32 m · 0.06 km²
- Ioanna Kronshtadtskogo Island22 m · 0.04 km²
- Nikolskiy Island19 m · 0.03 km²
- Svetly island14 m · 0.02 km²
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Comparative heights
- Lembos: 58 m
- Skitsky: 52 m
- Predtechenskiy: 45 m
- Valaam: 42 m
- Bayonnoy: 41 m
- Divny: 32 m
- Avraamievskiy: 26 m
- Ioanna Kronshtadtskogo: 22 m
- Nikolskiy: 19 m
- Oboronny: 18 m
- Svetly: 14 m
- Svyatoy: 4 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Valaam Island | 28.5 km² |
| Skitsky Island | 2.9 km² |
| Bayonnoy | 0.92 km² |
| Predtechenskiy island | 0.26 km² |
| Lembos island | 0.24 km² |
| Avraamievskiy island | 0.21 km² |
| Oboronny | 0.09 km² |
| Svyatoy | 0.08 km² |
| Divny island | 0.06 km² |
| Ioanna Kronshtadtskogo Island | 0.04 km² |
| Nikolskiy Island | 0.03 km² |
| Svetly island | 0.02 km² |
Photographs
Valaam, pier and the Saviour-Transfiguration Cathederal.
Остров Валаам. Валаамский архипелаг, Республика Карелия, Сортавальский район.
Остров Валаам. Валаамский архипелаг, Республика Карелия, Сортавальский район.
Valaam Island: Sortavalsky district, Republic of Karelia.
Valaam Archipelago: Sortavalsky district, Republic of Karelia.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Суровый остров Валаам. Evasyagina / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2018.09.24 IMG 3998a Валаам, причал и Спасо-Преображенский собор (The Saviour-Transfiguration Cathederal). Витюгова Женя / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10 Осень на Валааме 2. Алексей Задонский / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 1. Валаам. Скалистый берег. Алексей Задонский / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Valaam 4 2018 Валаам. NiaPol / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10 Осень на Валааме. Скалистый берег 2. Алексей Задонский / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10 Осень на Валааме. Скалистый берег 3. Алексей Задонский / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10 Осень на Валааме. Алексей Задонский / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Валаам. Скалистый берег. Алексей Задонский / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9695. Валаам. Монастырская бухта. GAlexandrova / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9708. Valaam Island. GAlexandrova / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9764. Valaam Archipelago. GAlexandrova / CC BY-SA 4.0