Ogoy Island

Ogoy
остров Огой

Ogoy Island
Geography
Location	Lake Baikal
Length	2.9 km (1.8 mi)
Width	0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Highest elevation	512 m (1,680 ft)
Country
Russia
district	Siberia
subject	Irkutsk Oblast

Ogoy (Russian: Ого́й from Buryat: Уhагγй - waterless) is the largest island in the Maloe More strait of Lake Baikal. It has an elongated shape, 2.9 km (1.8 mi) in length and 0.6 km (0.37 mi) in width. It is located between the Cape Shara-Shulun on the west coast of the Olkhon Island and Kurminskiy Bay on the western shore of Lake Baikal. The island is uninhabited.

Wildlife and vegetation

The vegetation is scarce, mainly represented by grasses and low-growing shrubs. In the widest central part of the island separate larches grow. The wildlife is represented by ground squirrels, pikas, snakes. Larks and herring gulls are nesting.

Places of Interest

In 2005 at the highest point of the island the Buddhist Stupa of Enlightenment dedicated to Dakini Troma Nagmo was built at the initiative of the Moscow Buddhist center. This significantly increased the flow of tourists to the island. In summer, excursions on the boats are organized, in winter — on automobile transport by ice.

According to representatives of the Siberian Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants, the increase of tourist flow can be detrimental to flora and fauna of the island.^[1]

References

Coordinates: 53°7′43″N 106°59′56″E / 53.12861°N 106.99889°E / 53.12861; 106.99889