Bay of Baku

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Bay of Baku (Baku Bay) is a natural harbour of the Baku port and local yacht club, on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan. Area: 50 km², coastal line length: 20 km. The bay is bordered by Sultan Cape in the east, Shikh Cape on the south-west and islands of Qum, Dash Zira and Boyuk Zira in the south and south-east. Baku Archipelago is scattered within the bay. During severe winds the height of the waves reaches 1,5 m.

[edit] Reference

• Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia (1976), 1st vol.

[edit] Further reading

• Salmanov, M.A.: Brief description of microbiological processes in Baku Bay. Mikrobiologiya, 1968 Jan-Feb; 37(1): 166-73.