Bulla Island, also Xara Zira, Khara Zira or Khere Zire, ( az, Xǝrǝ Zirǝ Adası) is an island south of the

Bay of Baku Bay of Baku (Baku Bay) is a natural harbor of the Baku port and local yacht club, on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula and on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Description It has an area of 50 km² and a coastline of 20&nbs ...

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. It is the largest island 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 ...

, located off

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Geography

Bulla Island's area is ; its length is about in length and wide. This Island has a spit extending southwestward. The island has

akdalaite Akdalaite ( IMA symbol: Akd) is a very rare mineral found in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the ...

and

aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...

deposits and a

mud volcano A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. Several geological processes may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava ...

. Bulla Island lies south of the bay, detached from the group, to the ENE of the town of Alat, about from the nearest shore.

Fossil fuels

The island is a centre for the nearby offshore gas development of the Bulla Deniz

gas field A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...

, in production since 1968. It was the largest gas find in

before Shah-deniz and contains more than of gas reserves.Oil reserves in Bulla Island
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Geography

Fossil fuels

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