Durneva Island
Island in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan
Durneva Дурнева Dūrnev Araldary | |
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Island | |
North-East part of the Caspian Sea | |
45°28′N 52°45′E / 45.467°N 52.750°E / 45.467; 52.750 | |
Country | Kazakhstan |
Region | Mangystau Region |
Durneva Island or Dūrnev Araldary (Russian: Остров Дурнева) is a coastal island near the entrance of the Dead Kultuk (former Komsomolets Bay) of the eastern Caspian Sea.[1] It is located north of the Buzachi Peninsula and 41.6 km north of Turum.[2]
Administratively Durneva Island belongs to the Mangystau Region of Kazakhstan.
Cartography
Durneva is probably the island which appears in early maps of the Caspian Sea as Ile des Cygnes (Swan Island). The island was first accurately mapped only by Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov during the 1719 Caspian Expedition, which surveyed the Caspian Sea from 1719 to 1727.[3]
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
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