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 ...

has many islands along the coast of 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 A ...

. Most are 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 ...

Baku Archipelago

Boyuk Zira Boyuk Zira (Böyük Zirə), also known as Nargin, is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is one of the islands of Baku Archipelago located in the Baku bay near Baku city. Nargin Island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the follow ...

or Nargin * Daş Zirə or Vulf *

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 Sura ...

or Peschany *

Tava Island Tava or Plita, is an island in the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. Geography It is a very small island, located between Boyuk Zira and Vulf (Dash Zira). Caspian seals, sturgeon, and numerous types of birds like teal ducks, herring gulls, and grebes ...

or Plita

Islands located off the bay

These islands are detached from the main group: * Sangi Mugan or Svinoy *

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 (زنبیل) and means "a big basket". The name "Duvanni" (Дуванный), me ...

or Duvanni *

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: Boyuk Zira, Dash Zira, Qum Island or Peschanny, ...

or Oblivnoy *

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 ...

or Los *

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 ...

or Bulla * Qutan and Baburi Islands or Podvodnyye * Adsiz Ada, Dasli Ada or Bezymyannyy * Gil or Glinyanyy * Kura Island or Kurinsky *

Kura Rock Kura Rock or Kura Stone (russian: Куринский Камень, ''Kurinskiy Kamen''; az, Kür daşı), is an islet off the coast of Azerbaijan. Geography Kura Rock is small islet with a maximum length of 0.18 km. It is located 13 k ...

or Kurinsky Kamen

Not in Baku Archipelago

* Chilov *

Pirallahi Island Pirallahi Island or Pirallakhi Island (Azeri: ''Pirallahı adası'') is an island in the Caspian Sea. The island is part of Azerbaijan, and is located right off the northeastern shore of the Apsheron Peninsula, to the ENE of Baku. The island ...

or Artyom

Artificial Islands

Khazar Islands The Khazar Islands ( az, Xəzər adaları), also known as Caspian Islands, is a stalled development of artificial islands 25 km (16 mi) south of Baku, Azerbaijan consisting of 41 islands extending into the Caspian Sea. The Plan Th ...

Neft Daşları Neft Daşları ( az, Neft Daşları, russian: Нефтяные Камни, Neftyanye Kamni, also known as the Oil Rocks) is an industrial settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Çilov-Neft Daşları in ...

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Islands An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...