Official Name: | Kharantsy |
Native Name: | Харанцы |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Russia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Type1: | Federal subject |
Subdivision Name1: | Irkutsk Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Administrative district |
Subdivision Name2: | Olkhonsky District |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal unit |
Subdivision Name3: | Khuzirskiy |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 97 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank1: | Russians, Buryats |
Timezone: | IRKT |
Utc Offset: | +08 |
Coordinates: | 53.2211°N 107.42°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 666137 |
Kharantsy (Russian: Хар́анцы) is a village in the Olkhonsky District of Irkutsk Oblast of Russia, a part of the Khuzhirskiy municipal unit. Located in the middle part of the western coast of Olkhon Island, in 7 km to the north from the municipal unit centre — village Khuzhir. Population:
In the village there are several hostels for the tourists (Turbazas). In the summer a recreation camp for children is operating.Near the village a grass airstrip is located that serves flights to Irkutsk and local sightseeing flights.
At the Cape Kharantsy near the village many archaeological findings are made. On its south-eastern slope a burial from the 11th to 15th century was found; in the western part - the remains of settlements dated 5 millennium BC - 10 century AD. The archaeological findings include a quiver, an iron spear, knives, arrowheads and fragments of pottery.[1]