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Stone labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island

Bolshoy Zayatsky Island, Russia

The stone labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island are a group of 13 or 14 labyrinths on Bolshoy Zayatsky Island, one of the Solovetsky Islands in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. All the labyrinths are concentrated in an area of 0.4 km2 on the western part of the island. They differ from other similar structures in Fennoscandia and the Russian North by being concentrated in a small area. About 500 such structures have been described in Sweden and Finland. See Troy Town for details. All in all, there are 35 labyrinths (known as vavilons – "Babylons" – in the local dialect) in the Solovetsky Islands. All have been made of local boulders.

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