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List Of Islands Of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has many islands along the coast of the Caspian Sea. Most are part of the Baku Archipelago. Baku Archipelago * Boyuk Zira or Nargin * Vulf, Daş Zirə or Vulf * Qum Island or Peschany * Tava Island or Plita Islands located off the bay These islands are detached from the main group: * Sangi Mugan or Svinoy * Zenbil or Duvanni * Chikil or Oblivnoy * Qara Su or Los * Xara Zira or Bulla * Qutan Island, Qutan and Baburi Islands or Podvodnyye Islands, Podvodnyye * Adsiz Ada, Dasli Ada or Bezymyannyy * Gil Island (Azerbaijan), Gil or Glinyanyy * Kura Island or Kurinsky * Kura Rock or Kurinsky Kamen Not in Baku Archipelago * Chilov * Pirallahi Island or Artyom Artificial Islands *Khazar Islands *Neft Daşları {{DEFAULTSORT:Islands of Azerbaijan Islands of Azerbaijan, Lists of islands by country, Azerbaijan Lists of landforms of Azerbaijan, Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baburi Islands
The Podvodnyye Islands ( az, Qutan Adası and ''Baburi Adasi'') are a small island group off the Azerbaijan coast in the Caspian Sea. Geography The Podvodnyye are a cluster of islets extending for about 7 km in a NW - SE direction. The group is part of the Baku Archipelago The Baku Archipelago is a group of coastal islands close to Baku, Azerbaijan. The waters surrounding the islands are shallow. Islands Besides their Azeri name, most islands have a Russian name that originated in the first modern cartography of th ..., but it lies south of the bay. The northernmost islet is located 0.8 km from the mainland shore. The largest islet is about 2 km in length, but very narrow. References External linksShipwrecks and Ceramics- Archaeology off the Absheron coast Islands of Azerbaijan Islands of the Caspian Sea {{Azerbaijan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of Azerbaijan
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neft Daşları
Neft Daşları ( az, Neft Daşları, russian: Нефтяные Камни, Neftyanye Kamni, also known as the Oil Rocks) is an industrial settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Çilov-Neft Daşları in the Pirallahy raion. It lies away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, and from the nearest shore in the Caspian Sea. A full town on the sea, it was the first oil platform in Azerbaijan, and the first operating offshore oil platform in the world, incorporating numerous drilling platforms. It is featured in ''Guinness World Records'' as the world's first offshore oil platform. The settlement began with a single path out over the water and grew into a system of paths and platforms built on the back of ships sunk to serve as the Neft Daşları's foundation. The most distinctive feature of Neft Daşları is that it is actually a functional city with a population of about 2,000 and over of streets built on piles of dirt and landfill. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khazar Islands
The Khazar Islands ( az, Xəzər adaları), also known as Caspian Islands, is a stalled development of artificial islands 25 km (16 mi) south of Baku, Azerbaijan consisting of 41 islands extending into the Caspian Sea. The Plan The stated plan was for $100 billion, with $30 billion coming from foreign investors and another $30 billion from apartment sales, the city aiming to house 1 million residents in a development with 150 schools, 50 hospitals and daycare centers, numerous parks, shopping malls, cultural centers and a university campus plus a Formula 1 quality racetrack around a centrepiece $2 billion Azerbaijan Tower (planned to have been the tallest in the world). The city was expected to be equipped with 150 bridges and a large municipal airport to connect the islands to the mainland. It is expected that, in general, the city, when completed in 2022–2023, will host 1 million residents. According to the project, the price of completely renovated apartmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirallahi Island
Pirallahi Island or Pirallakhi Island (Azeri: ''Pirallahı adası'') is an island in the Caspian Sea. The island is part of Azerbaijan, and is located right off the northeastern shore of the Apsheron Peninsula, to the ENE of Baku. The island is long and has a maximum width of . Administratively, Pirallahi Island belongs to the Pirallahi district of Baku.The total square of the island is 14.6 km². Oil deposits on the northern part of Pirallahi are estimated at 1.2 million tons. Flights to other Caspian isles are available at the heliport on the southern tip of the island. History Pirallahi literally means "the shrine of Allah", from the word pir - a shrine / holy place. In ancient times, there was a place of worship and pilgrimage on the island, but there is no exact data on which religion it belongs to. According to one version, it was a shrine of the Zoroastrians, and according to others, Muslims. During Russian Imperial times the island's name was Svyatoy (from Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilov
Chilov ( az, Çilov adası, also spelt Zhiloy and Jiloi) is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is located off the Absheron Peninsula, east of Baku. Geography Chilov Island is located off the eastern end of the Apsheron Peninsula in the Caspian Sea, from Baku. It is across and has an irregular shape with various headlands and inlets. Its highest elevation is . Its area is about . Administratively Chilov Island belongs to the Khazar district of Baku. History Oil and gas deposits were discovered near Chilov island by Russian Rear Admiral Count Mark Voynovich Marko Ivanovich Voinovich (russian: Ма́рко Ива́нович Во́йнович, ; 1750–1807) was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kura Rock
Kura Rock or Kura Stone (russian: Куринский Камень, ''Kurinskiy Kamen''; az, Kür daşı), is an islet off the coast of Azerbaijan. Geography Kura Rock is small islet with a maximum length of 0.18 km. It is located 13 km to the east of Kura Island's northeastern end and about to the southeast of the nearest mainland shore. The Borisova Bank is located to the west of this islet.Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, ''The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia'', page 87 Although quite far from Baku, this islet is considered part of the Baku Archipelago. Administratively it belongs to the Aran Region Aran Economic Region ( az, Aran iqtisadi rayonu) was one of the 10 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It bordered Iran to the south, as well as the economic regions of Upper Karabakh, Ganja-Gazakh, Shaki-Zagatala, Mountainous Shirvan, Absheron, .... See also * Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov References External linksCaspian Sea Biodiversity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kura Island
, image_name = Ghizil-Agaj Bay.jpg , image_caption = Kura Island off Kyzylagach Bay. , image_size = , map_image = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Caspian Sea , pushpin_label_position = right , pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Caspian Sea , location = Caspian Sea , coordinates = , area_km2 = 44 , length_km = 11.8 , width_km = 5.2 , highest_mount = , elevation_m = 6 , archipelago = Baku Archipelago , population = 0 , population_as_of = 2021 , density_km2 = , country = Azerbaijan , country_admin_divisions_title = Region , country_admin_divisions = Aran Region Kura or Kurkosa ( az, Kür dili), also known as ''Kurinskiy'' in the Russian language, is the largest island of Azerbaijan. It lies in the Caspian Sea, off the coast of the Aran Region, to the south of Neftchala and about to the SSE of Baku. History The island was formerly attached to the mainland by a narrow spit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Island (Azerbaijan)
Gil Island, also Glinyanii Island ( az, Gil Adası, Russian: остров Глиняный ''Ostrov Glinyanyy'') is an island of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. Geography This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Boyuk Zira, Dash Zira, Qum Island, Zenbil, Sangi-Mugan or Svinoy, Chikil, Qara Su Qara may refer to: Places *Al Qara, a governorate in Al Bahah Region, Saudi Arabia *Qara, Syria, a Syrian city *Qara Oasis, Egypt Persons *Qara Iskander, ruled the Kara Koyunlu or Black Sheep Turcoman tribe from 1420 to 1436 *Qara Mahammad Töremi ..., Khara Zira, Gil, Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones. It lies south of the bay, detached from the group, close to the town of Alat, about 2 km from the nearest shore. Gil Island is about 1 km in length and 0.8 km wide. Gil Island has a long spit extending roughly westward. References * Islands of Azerbaijan Islands of the Caspian Sea Mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan {{Azerb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adsiz Ada
Adsiz Ada or Dasli Ada (russian: Bezymyannyy), is an islet off the coast of Azerbaijan. Details Adsiz Ada is small islet with a maximum length of 0.1 km. It is located 4.5 km to the southeast of Sangi Mugan's southeastern end and about to the east of the nearest mainland shore. Some isolated small rocks are scattered to the east and northeast of this islet. Although geographically quite far from Baku, this islet is considered part of the Baku Archipelago The Baku Archipelago is a group of coastal islands close to Baku, Azerbaijan. The waters surrounding the islands are shallow. Islands Besides their Azeri name, most islands have a Russian name that originated in the first modern cartography of th .... References External linksCaspian Sea Biodiversity Project Islands of Azerbaijan Islands of the Caspian Sea {{Baku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podvodnyye Islands
The Podvodnyye Islands ( az, Qutan Adası and ''Baburi Adasi'') are a small island group off the Azerbaijan coast in the Caspian Sea. Geography The Podvodnyye are a cluster of islets extending for about 7 km in a NW - SE direction. The group is part of the Baku Archipelago The Baku Archipelago is a group of coastal islands close to Baku, Azerbaijan. The waters surrounding the islands are shallow. Islands Besides their Azeri name, most islands have a Russian name that originated in the first modern cartography of th ..., but it lies south of the bay. The northernmost islet is located 0.8 km from the mainland shore. The largest islet is about 2 km in length, but very narrow. References External linksShipwrecks and Ceramics- Archaeology off the Absheron coast Islands of Azerbaijan Islands of the Caspian Sea {{Azerbaijan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
