Kharantsy, Olkhonsky District

Kharantsy Харанцы
Village
Kharantsy with airstrip in foreground
Kharantsy
Coordinates: 53°13′16″N 107°25′12″E / 53.22111°N 107.42000°E / 53.22111; 107.42000
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Irkutsk Oblast
Administrative district	Olkhonsky District
Municipal unit	Khuzirskiy
Population  (2010)
• Total	97[1]
• Ethnicities	Russians Buryats
Time zone	UTC+08 (IRKT)
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: 97 (2010 Census);^[1]

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.^[2]