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Olkhon
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Ol’khon 

an island in northwestern Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, RSFSR. It is separated from the shore by the Maloe More and Ol’khonskie Vorota straits. Area, 730 sq km; elevations, to 1,276 m. The island is composed of Archean gneisses, marbles, quartzites, and granites. There is larch taiga in the north and steppe in the south. Strong northwest winds are typical. The settlement of Khuzhir is located on Ol’khon Island.
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Cardiff Wayfarers Rambling Club will be walking on the Olchon Ridge in the Black Mountains, the area which featured in the opening scenes of the movie On the Black Hill.
out & about by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
It is set in the magnificent Olchon Valley, right on the border of Herefordshire and Wales in the Black Mountains.
books: British rural idyll brought under German occupation by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
A medieval break in 14th century Olchon Court including full historic tour.
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