Svinoy, Caspian Sea

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Map showing the location of the Baku Archipelago.

This article is about the island in Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea. For the island in the Faroe Archipelago, see Svínoy.

Svinoy, Sangi-Mugan Island or Muğan daşı (Azerbaijani: Səngi Muğan, Russian: Ostrov Svinoy), is an island in the Caspian Sea located south of Baku, Azerbaijan.

This island lies SW of the Baku Archipelago.

There is an automatic station for the monitoring of water pollution in the area located in Svinoy Island.^[1]

History

The Russian Cossacks crushed the fleet of the Safavid Shah Suleiman I of Persia Shah in the waters off Svinoy Island in 1669.^[2] The southern bay of the island is an ideal place for underwater archaeology.^[3]

References

Coordinates: 39°45′00″N 49°35′00″E / 39.75000°N 49.58333°E / 39.75000; 49.58333

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