Kura Rock or Kura Stone (russian: Куринский Камень, ''Kurinskiy Kamen''; az, Kür daşı), is an islet off the coast of
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 th ...
.
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
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'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
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
, 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 ...
.
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
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Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov
References
External links
Caspian Sea Biodiversity Project
Islands of Azerbaijan
Islands of the Caspian Sea
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