This is a List of islands of

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 ...

. There are several inland islands with Kazakhstan, including those on Lake Balkash, Lake Tengizi, the Caspian Sea, and the Aral Sea within Kazakhstan with islands. Click on the OpenStreetMap link to see the location of notable islands of Kazakhstan.

Islands of Kazakhstan

Aral Sea

The name Aral Sea roughly translates as "Sea of Islands", referring to over 1,100 islands that had dotted its waters. In the Mongolic and

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia ( Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic l ...

''aral'' means "island, archipelago". Islands in Kazakhstan on the Aral Sea include: * Barsa-Kelmes (former island on the Aral Sea), *

Kokaral Kokaral ( kk, Көкарал, ''Kökaral'' meaning ''Green Island'') was until 1973 an island in Kazakhstan, in the northern part of the Aral Sea. It had an area of 273 km2 (1960), and its highest point was the 163 meter high hill calle ...

(former island on the Aral Sea), *

Vozrozhdeniya Island Rebirth Island ( rus, Остров Возрождения, t=Rebirth Island, a=Ru-возрождение.ogg, p=vəzrɐˈʐdʲenʲɪjə; kk, Возрождение аралы, ''Vozrojdenie araly''; uz, Vozrojdeniye oroli) was an island in the ...

, Aral Sea, (used by the Former Soviet Union for biological weapon testing),

Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea has numerous islands throughout, all of them near the coasts; none in the deeper parts of the sea.

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is the largest island on the sea in Turkmenistan. The island is long, with

gazelle A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus ''Gazella'' . This article also deals with the seven species included in two further genera, '' Eudorcas'' and '' Nanger'', which were formerly considered subgenera of ''Gazella''. A third ...

s roaming freely on it. In the North Caspian, the majority of the islands are small and uninhabited, like the Tyuleniy Archipelago, an Important Bird Area (IBA), although some of them have human settlements. Islands on thee Caspian Sea that are in Kazakhstan include: * Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands (two islands 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 ...

), * Durneva Island,

, Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael H. Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, ''The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia'' * Spirkin Oseredok Island,

, * Tyuleniy Archipelago (five islands),

, * Zhanbay Island,

Lake Balkash

In total, there are 43 Islands on

Lake Balkhash Lake Balkhash ( kk, Балқаш көлі, ''Balqaş kóli'', ; russian: озеро Балхаш, ozero Balkhash) is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the ea ...

, covering 66 square km. The Islands of Basaral, Tasaral, Ortaaral, Ozinaral, and Algazi are the most important and largest of the Balkhash Islands. * Basaral,

, *

Korzhin Island Korzhin Island (also known as Kurzhin, Kurdzhyn, Korzhun, Kurzhon or Kurdzhun Island) is a long and flat island in Lake Balkhash. It is located in the central portion of the lake. Geography Korzhin is a desert island having a length of and a m ...

, *

Tasaral Tasaral Island ( kz, Тасарал, ''Tasaral'') is an island in Lake Balkhash. It is located in the western part of the lake. Geography Tasaral Island is located close to the shore, separated from it by a wide sound. It has a length of , a ma ...

Lake Tengizi

Kazakhstani islands on Lake Tengizi include: *

Tengizi Islands The Tengizi Islands (also Tengiz Islands) are an archipelago in Korgalzhyn District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. Located in Lake Tengiz, the archipelago is about long and wide. It is formed by roughly 70 small and medium-sized islands. These fo ...

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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 ...