Batkachny Island
Island in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
Batkachny Island Баткачный | |
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45°43′N 48°26′E / 45.717°N 48.433°E / 45.717; 48.433 | |
Country | Russia |
Oblast | Astrakhan Oblast |
Batkachny Island (Russian: Баткачный) is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is located right off the mouths of the Volga in an area where there are many delta islands.[1]
Batkachny Island has a very twisted shape, with many headlands and inlets. It is separated from the coast by a 1 km wide channel. It has a length of almost 30 km and a maximum width of 10 km.[2]
Adjacent Islands
- Sedmoy Island (Ostrov Sed'moy) 45°47′N 48°32′E / 45.783°N 48.533°E / 45.783; 48.533 lies about 7 km to the NE.
- Nizhny Island (Ostrov Nizhny), also known as 'Nizhny Oseredok' 45°43′N 48°30′E / 45.717°N 48.500°E / 45.717; 48.500 lies right east of Batkachny Island's eastern coast, separated from it by a channel that has an average width of 1 km.
- Maly Setnoy Island (Ostrov Malyy Setnoy)45°41′N 48°39′E / 45.683°N 48.650°E / 45.683; 48.650 lies 10 km to the east of Batkachny.
- Morskoy Setnoy Island (Ostrov Morskoy Setnoy) lies 15 km to the east, beyond Malyy Setnoy.
- Other nearby islands include Ostrov Zelenen'ky and Ostrov Zelyony
Administratively Batkachny and its neighboring islands belong to the Astrakhan Oblast of the Russian Federation.
References
External links
- Caspian Sea Biodiversity Project
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Islands of the Caspian Sea
- Adsiz Ada
- Ashuradeh
- Baburi
- Baku Archipelago
- Batkachny
- Blinov
- Bolshiye Peshnye
- Bolshoy Zyudostinskiy
- Bolshoy Setnoy
- Boyuk Zira
- Bulla
- Chechen'
- Chikil
- Chilov
- Chistoy Banki
- Dashli ada
- Durneva
- Gil
- Kichik Zira
- Kura Island
- Kura Rock
- Malyy Zhemchuzhnyy
- Morskaya Chapura
- Morskoy Biryuchek
- Morskoy Ivan-Karaul
- Morskoy Setnoy
- Nizhniy Oseredok
- Nordovy
- Nordvestinskiy
- Ogurja Ada / Ogurchinskiy
- Osushnoy
- Pirallahi
- Qutan
- Qara Su
- Qum
- Sedmoy
- Sara
- Spirkin Oseredok
- Sangi-Mugan
- Tava
- Tyuleniy Archipelago
- Tyuleny
- Ukatnyy
- Verkhny Oseredok
- Kichik Zira
- Zanbil
- Zhanbay
- Zhestkiy
- Zyudev
45°43′N 48°26′E / 45.717°N 48.433°E / 45.717; 48.433
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