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Ashūradeh ( fa, آشوراده), or Ashur Ada, is the only island of the Iranian coast of the
Ashuradeh was inhabited by 300 families, but the Colonel Stebnitzky's Report on His Journey in 1872
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New urban Settlements in the ecological context; Miānqāla and its new settlement in the south eastern coasts of Caspian Sea
. In: Sustainable Development of Emerging Settlement Patterns, Berlin 2006: pp. 88–102 (ISBN 978-3-7983- 2022-2)
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Landforms of Golestan Province Islands of Iran Islands of the Caspian Sea {{Torkaman-geo-stub
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 ...
(Gorgan Bay
The Gulf of Gorgan ( fa, خلیج گرگان), also known as Gorgan Bay, is the largest gulf in the Caspian Sea. It is located at the south-eastern shore of the Caspian Sea near the cities of Behshahr, Gorgan and Sari in Iran and is separated fro ...
). Ashuradeh's surface is .
It is located on the eastern end of the Miankaleh peninsula in the county of Behshahr of Māzandarān Province of Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, from Bandar Torkaman and from Gorgan
Gorgan ( fa, گرگان ; also romanized as ''Gorgān'', ''Gurgān'', and ''Gurgan''), formerly Esterabad ( ; also romanized as ''Astarābād'', ''Asterabad'', and ''Esterābād''), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies appro ...
.
The island can be reached via Bandar Torkaman. Over 40% of Iran's caviar is produced near Ashūradeh Island.
History
Ashuradeh was inhabited by 300 families, but the village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
is now deserted.
The island was occupied by Russian forces in 1837, despite protests from Persia. Following the occupation, the Russian Army maintained a military post on the island for a few decades until 1921./ref>
References
External links
* Memar, Parya,New urban Settlements in the ecological context; Miānqāla and its new settlement in the south eastern coasts of Caspian Sea
. In: Sustainable Development of Emerging Settlement Patterns, Berlin 2006: pp. 88–102 (ISBN 978-3-7983- 2022-2)
Landforms of Golestan Province Islands of Iran Islands of the Caspian Sea {{Torkaman-geo-stub