Sakhyurta (from - whitish) is a village in the
Olkhonsky District
Olkhonsky District () is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast Municipally, it is incorporated as Olkhonsky Municipal District.Law #69-oz The area of the district is . Its administ ...
of
Irkutsk region
Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. It had a population of 2,370,10 ...
of
Russia
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, a part of the Shara-Togotskiy municipal unit. Located on the western shore of
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk Oblasts of Russia, Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
, in 46 km northeast from the district center — village
Elantsy and in 12 km southeast from the municipal unit centre — village
Shara-Togot. Population:
In the village the river station Malomorskaya (MRS) is located, which provides a ferry service to
Olkhon Island
Olkhon (, also transliterated as Olchon; , ''Oikhon'') is the third-largest lake island in the world. It is by far the largest island in Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia, with an area of . Structurally, it constitutes the southwestern margin of th ...
. The ferry operates, as a rule, from May, 15 to December, 15.
[Eastern-Siberian inland navigation company. Ferry "MRS – Olkhon Island" schedule]
/ref> In the winter time the ice-road across Olkhon Gate
Olkhon Gate (, ''Olkhonskie Vorota'') is a strait of Lake Baikal, Russia. It separates the south-west of Olkhon Island from the western shore of Baikal. In the north the strait opens out into the Maloe More strait, and to the south into the cent ...
strait is opened.
Gallery
MRS_1600x1200.jpg, View of Malomorskaya river station from Olkhon Gate strait
Ольхонские ворота5.jpg, Ferry "MRS – Olkhon Island"
Prom na wyspę Olchon lato 2013.jpg, The ferry travels to Olkhon Island
Bukhta Bazarnaia in Sakhiurta.jpg, Bazarnaia Bay
Sakhiurta, bukhta Bazarnaia.jpg, View on Sakhyurta and Bazarnaia Bay
References
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Rural localities in Irkutsk Oblast
Populated places on Lake Baikal