Uzury area
North-western part of Olkhon Island
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Usury is a flat valley on eastern part of Olkhon Island, which is a first bay from Khoboy cape. It is the only place on the north of Olkhon where automobile road comes down to the water. There is a small settlement Usuzy on the shore of Baikal where a meteostation with a wind motor is located. On the left slope in graphite marbles there is a little cave and 2-meters refined arch. In shale-marble rock geologists found a mineral - emerald-green tourmaline.
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