Zanbil ( az, Zənbil) is a small island 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 ...
off the
Bay of Baku,
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 ...
. It is also known as Duvanni Island.
Etymology
The name Zanbil is
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
(زنبیل) and means "a big basket". The name "Duvanni" (Дуванный), meaning "money" in
Russian, is connected to
Stepan Razin
Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (russian: Степа́н Тимофе́евич Ра́зин, ; 1630 – ), known as Stenka Razin ( ), was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia in 16 ...
.
Geography
The island is part of the
Baku Archipelago, located in the
Ələt (Alat) municipality area, which consists of the following islands:
Boyuk Zira,
Dash 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 ...
, Zanbil,
Sangi-Mugan
Svinoy, Sangi-Mugan Island or Muğan daşı ( az, Səngi Muğan, Russian: ''Ostrov Svinoy''), is an island in the Caspian Sea located south of Baku, Azerbaijan.
Geography
This island lies south of the Baku Archipelago, 16 km off the shore ...
,
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, Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones.
The area of Zanbil Island is 0.4 km
2. Its length is 0.9 km and its maximum width 0.5 km. Zanbil lies NW of
Xara Zira
Bulla Island, also Xara Zira, Khara Zira or Khere Zire, ( az, Xǝrǝ Zirǝ Adası) is an island south of the Bay of Baku, Caspian Sea. It is the largest island of the Baku Archipelago, located off Baku, Azerbaijan.
Geography
Bulla Island's area ...
and the nearest shore of the mainland is about to the SW.
There is a 25 m high
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 ...
on Zanbil.
Аlet – Ali Bayramly – Ajigabul – Sabirabad – Saatly
See also
*Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan
The petroleum industry in Azerbaijan produces about of oil per day and 29 billion cubic meters of gas per year as of 2013. Azerbaijan is one of the birthplaces of the oil industry.
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (known as SOCAR) ...
References
Islands of Azerbaijan
Islands of the Caspian Sea
Mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan
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