Detourmap
Nature & landscapes in Russia
Russia has 846 nature & landscapes on Detourmap — parks, mountains, waterfalls, caves, volcanoes and coves. The best known is Lake Baikal. Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them; this is 1–150, on page 1 of 6.
- Nature
- 846
- Oldest
- Astrakhan Oak 1570
- Little known
- 363 of 846
- Most from
- 20th century
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1.Lake Baikal
Nature · Iconic
Freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
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9.Klyuchevskaya Sopka
Nature · Renowned
Active volcano located on the peninsula of Kamchatka in Russia
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10.Khanka
Nature · Renowned
Freshwater lake located on the border between Primorsky Krai, Russia and Heilongjiang province, Northeast China
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11.Gdańsk Bay
Nature · Renowned
Bay in the Baltic Sea adjoining the port of Gdańsk and stretching to Kaliningrad
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24.Mount Yamantau
Nature · 21st century · Renowned
Mountain in the Ural Mountains, Bashkortostan, Russia
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35.Vistula Lagoon
Nature · Renowned
Brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea, on the Polish border with Russia
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48.Lake Karachay
Nature · Notable
Former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
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51.Vistula Spit
Nature · Notable
Peninsular stretch of land in the Baltic Sea on the border between Russia and Poland
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84.Avacha Bay
Nature · Notable
Pacific Ocean bay on the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula; inner part of Avacha Gulf
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90.Russky Island
Nature · Notable
Island in Peter the Great Gulf, Russia, part of Eugénie Archipelago
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119.Manych-Gudilo
Nature · Notable
Saltwater lake in Kalmykia, Stavropol Krai, and Rostov Oblast, Russia
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148.Tunkinsky National Park
Nature · 20th century · Notable
Mountainous national park Tunkinsky located southwest border if Mongolia
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150.South Ural Nature Reserve
Nature · 20th century · Notable
Strict nature reserve in Bashkortostan and Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Questions about this page
How many nature & landscapes are there in Russia?
846 on this map, out of 25,830 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Russia with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the nature & landscapes in Russia?
Lake Baikal. Freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world.
Which is the oldest?
Astrakhan Oak, dated to 1570. 89 of these 846 carry a founding date.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.