The Tengizi Islands (also Tengiz Islands) are an
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
in
Korgalzhyn District
Korgalzhyn District ( kk, Қорғалжын ауданы, ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Korgalzhyn
Korgalzhyn ( kz, Қорғалжын, ''Qorğaljyn'') is a vill ...
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Akmola Region
Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is en ...
,
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 north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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Located in
Lake Tengiz
Tengiz Lake ( kk, Теңіз көлі, ''Teñız kölı''; russian: Тенгиз) is a saline lake in north-central part of Kazakhstan.
On 16 October 1976, the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 23 unintentionally splashed down into the northern part of ...
, the archipelago is about long and wide. It is formed by roughly 70 small and medium-sized islands. These form a compact cluster off the deeply indented eastern shore of the lake.
Ecology
The Tengizi Islands are part of the
Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve
Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve ( kk, Қорғалжын мемлекеттік табиғи қорығы, ''Qorğaljyn memlekettık tabiği qoryğy'') is a protected area in Aqmola and Karaganda regions of Kazakhstan, located west of the city of ...
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Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve.
Kazakhstan reserves in kazakhstan.orexca.com
References
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Lake islands of Kazakhstan
Ramsar sites in Kazakhstan