Tyuleniy Island (Caspian Sea)

This article is about the island in the Caspian Sea. For other similarly named islands, see Tyuleny Island.

Tyuleniy Тюлений
Island
Tyuleniy
Coordinates: RU 44°29′N 47°31′E / 44.483°N 47.517°E / 44.483; 47.517
Country	Russian Federation
Federal subject	Dagestan Republic

Tyuleniy Island (Russian: Тюлений) is an uninhabited island in the Caspian Sea. It is located 47 km east of the Dagestan coastline, in the Caspian Sea, near the entrance to the Kizlyar Gulf.^[1]

Geography

The island is 10 km long and 6 km wide. There is a weather station on it.^[2]

There are many Caspian seals in Tyuleniy, hence its name, which means "seal" in Russian. Since parts of the islands are marshy, there are also many birds.

This island belongs to the Dagestan Republic, a federal subject of the Russian Federation.

Features

Ruins of school
Cemetery
lighthouse
Weather Station
Abandoned harbour equipment
Ruins
Abandoned machinery

References

External links

Radio operators

Islands of the Caspian Sea



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