Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

has many islands along the coast of the

Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...

. 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 t ...

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 followin ...

or Nargin * Kicik Zirə or Vulf *

Qum Island Qum Island or Peschanniy (; '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 Surakhany raion, located south of Baku, Azerba ...

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: *

Dashli ada Dashli ada (), Ignat Dash or Kamen Ignatiya () is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is one of the islands of Baku Archipelago located in the Bay of Baku, 74 km to the south of Baku. Dashli ada is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the ...

* Sangi Mugan or Svinoy *

Zenbil Zanbil () 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), meaning "money ...

or Duvanni *

Chikil Chikil (), 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, Zenbil, Sangi- ...

or Oblivnoy *

Qara Su Qara Su, Qarasu or Los Island, is an uninhabited sandy island located south of the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. The island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which includes of the following islands: Boyuk Zira or Nargin, Dash Zira, Qum Island, ...

or Los *

Xara Zira Bulla Island, also Xara Zira, Khara Zira or Khere Zire, () 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 is ; its length is about ...

or Bulla * Qutan and Baburi Islands or Podvodnyye *

Adsiz Ada Adsiz Ada or Dasli Ada (), is an islet off the coast of Azerbaijan. Details Adsiz Ada is small islet with a maximum length of 0.1 km. It is located 4.5 km to the southeast of Sangi Mugan's southeastern end and about to the east of th ...

, Dasli Ada or Bezymyannyy * Gil or Glinyanyy *

Kura Island Kura or Kurkosa (), also known as ''Kurinskiy'' in the Russian language, is the largest island of Azerbaijan. It lies in the Caspian Sea, off the coast of the Aran Region, to the south of Neftchala and about to the SSE of Baku. History The is ...

or Kurinsky * Kura Rock or Kurinsky Kamen * Sara Peninsula

Not in Baku Archipelago

Chilov Chilov (, also spelt Zhiloy and Jiloi) is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is located off the Absheron Peninsula, east of Baku. Geography Chilov Island is located off the eastern end of the Apsheron Peninsula in the Caspian Sea, from Baku. ...

Pirallahi Island Pirallahi Island or Pirallakhi Island (Azeri: ''Pirallahı adası'') is an island in the Caspian Sea. The island is part of Azerbaijan and lies off the north-eastern shore of the Apsheron Peninsula, to the east-north-east of Baku. Geography ...

or Artyom

Artificial Islands

Khazar Islands The Khazar Islands (), 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. Plan The stated plan was for $100 b ...

Neft Daşları Neft Daşları ( ) is an industrial settlement in Baku, Azerbaidjan, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Çilov-Neft Daşları in the Pirallahy raion. It lies away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, and from the nearest ...

Islands This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the #Other lists of islands, other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by count ...

Baku Archipelago

Islands located off the bay

Not in Baku Archipelago

Artificial Islands

See also