Vulf, or Volf , and also known as Dash Zira (
Azeri
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic people living mainly in Azerbaijan (Iran), northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republi ...
: ''Daş Zirə'') or Kichik Zira ''(Kiçik Zirə)'', is an island 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 ...
, in the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...
. The word "Zira" originated in the
Arabic
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word "Jazīra", meaning "island". Vulf is tiny and uninhabited. It is one of the many islands that protect the Bay of
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 ...
.
Geography
The island is part of the
Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands:
Boyuk Zira,
Kichik Zira,
Qum Island
Qum Island or Peschanniy (russian: о́стров Песча́ный; 'Sandy Island'), Azeri: Qum adası) is an island in the Bay of Baku, in the Caspian Sea.
Geography
Qum Island is in length with a maximum width of . It is a part of the Sur ...
or Peschany,
Zenbil
Zanbil ( az, Zənbil) is a small island in the Caspian Sea off the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. It is also known as Duvanni Island.
Etymology
The name Zanbil is Persian language, Persian (زنبیل) and means "a big basket". The name "Duvanni" (Д ...
, Sangi-Mugan,
Chikil
Chikil ( az, Çigil adasi), also known as Oblivnoy, is an uninhabited island off the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Nargin (island), Boyuk Zira, Vulf, Dash Zira, Qum ...
,
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,
Tava (Plita),
Khanlar
Goygol ( az, Göygöl , known as Helenendorf before 1931, Yelenino in 1931–1938, Khanlar in 1938–2008) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Goygol District in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is around south of Azerbaijan's second-larges ...
(Ptichiy),
Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones.
Vulf has an area of approximately 1 km
2 (''24.711 acres''). The waters surrounding Vulf are very shallow. There is very little vegetation on Vulf, due to oil pollution as well as many other factors.
Caspian seal
The Caspian seal (''Pusa caspica'', syn. ''Phoca caspica'') is one of the smallest members of the earless seal family and unique in that it is found exclusively in the brackish Caspian Sea. It lives along the shorelines, but also on the many roc ...
s,
sturgeon
Sturgeon is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretace ...
, and numerous types of birds like
teal ducks,
herring gull Herring gull is a common name for several birds in the genus ''Larus'', all formerly treated as a single species.
Three species are still combined in some taxonomies:
* American herring gull (''Larus smithsonianus'') - North America
* European he ...
s, and
grebes
Grebes () are aquatic diving birds in the order (biology), order Podicipediformes . Grebes are widely distributed freshwater birds, with some species also found in sea, marine habitats during Bird migration, migration and winter. Some flightless ...
are a few of the species that can be found on and around the island.
References
External links
Yachting & Boating - Improtex
Islands of Azerbaijan
Islands of the Caspian Sea
Uninhabited islands of Azerbaijan
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