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Kura Island
, image_name = Ghizil-Agaj Bay.jpg , image_caption = Kura Island off Kyzylagach Bay. , image_size = , map_image = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Caspian Sea , pushpin_label_position = right , pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Caspian Sea , location = Caspian Sea , coordinates = , area_km2 = 44 , length_km = 11.8 , width_km = 5.2 , highest_mount = , elevation_m = 6 , archipelago = Baku Archipelago , population = 0 , population_as_of = 2021 , density_km2 = , country = Azerbaijan , country_admin_divisions_title = Region , country_admin_divisions = Aran Region Kura or Kurkosa ( az, Kür dili), also known as ''Kurinskiy'' in the Russian language, is the largest island of Azerbaijan. It lies in the Caspian Sea, off the coast of the Aran Region, to the south of Neftchala and about to the SSE of Baku. History The island was formerly attached to the mainland by a narrow spit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau of Western Asia. It covers a surface area of (excluding the highly saline lagoon of Garabogazköl to its east) and a volume of . It has a salinity of approximately 1.2% (12 g/L), about a third of the salinity of average seawater. It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the southwest, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast. The sea stretches nearly from north to south, with an average width of . Its gross coverage is and the surface is about below sea level. Its main freshwater Inflow (hydrology), inflow, Europe's longest river, the Volga, enters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter I The Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from to 1721 and subsequently the Russian Empire until his death in 1725, jointly ruling with his elder half-brother, Ivan V until 1696. He is primarily credited with the modernisation of the country, transforming it into a European power. Through a number of successful wars, he captured ports at Azov and the Baltic Sea, laying the groundwork for the Imperial Russian Navy, ending uncontested Swedish supremacy in the Baltic and beginning the Tsardom's expansion into a much larger empire that became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, Westernised and based on the Enlightenment. Peter's reforms had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has many islands along the coast of the Caspian Sea. Most are part of the Baku Archipelago. Baku Archipelago * Boyuk Zira or Nargin * Daş Zirə or Vulf * Qum Island or Peschany * Tava Island or Plita Islands located off the bay These islands are detached from the main group: * Sangi Mugan or Svinoy * Zenbil or Duvanni * Chikil or Oblivnoy * Qara Su or Los * Xara Zira or Bulla * Qutan and Baburi Islands or Podvodnyye * Adsiz Ada, Dasli Ada or Bezymyannyy * Gil or Glinyanyy * Kura Island or Kurinsky * Kura Rock or Kurinsky Kamen Not in Baku Archipelago * Chilov * Pirallahi Island or Artyom Artificial Islands *Khazar Islands *Neft Daşları {{DEFAULTSORT:Islands of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ... Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghizil-Agaj State Reserve
Ghzil-Aghaj State Reserve ( az, Qızılağac dövlət qoruğu), meaning golden tree, was established on July 3, 1929 by the Committee on Protection of the Ancient and Art Monuments of Azerbaijan on an area of 884 km² on Kyzylagach Bay at the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea, in Lankaran District, southeastern Azerbaijan. Creation Qizil-Aghaj State Reserve was created for the purpose of protecting, creating conditions for wintering and nesting of migrant, swamp and wild birds in 1929.Gizil-Agach Reserve - Natural Reserves of Azerbaijan Along with the reserve, there is also the Little Qizil-Aghaj State Nature Protected area with a total area of 10,700 ha. Qizil-Aghaj is the first reserve in the country according to area, and the third according to date of establishment. The reserve wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kura Rock
Kura Rock or Kura Stone (russian: Куринский Камень, ''Kurinskiy Kamen''; az, Kür daşı), is an islet off the coast of Azerbaijan. Geography Kura Rock is small islet with a maximum length of 0.18 km. It is located 13 km to the east of Kura Island's northeastern end and about to the southeast of the nearest mainland shore. The Borisova Bank is located to the west of this islet.Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, ''The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia'', page 87 Although quite far from Baku, this islet is considered part of the Baku Archipelago. Administratively it belongs to the Aran Region. See also *Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov (russian: Фёдор Иванович Соймо́нов; 1692 – 22 July 1780), Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, was a nautical surveyor of the Imperial Russian Navy, hydrographer and pioneering explorer ... References External linksCaspian Sea Biodiversity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and has become uneconomical since the advent of much cheaper, more sophisticated and effective electronic navigational systems. History Ancient lighthouses Before the development of clearly defined ports, mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since elevating the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GoogleEarth
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering addresses and coordinates, or by using a keyboard or mouse. The program can also be downloaded on a smartphone or tablet, using a touch screen or stylus to navigate. Users may use the program to add their own data using Keyhole Markup Language and upload them through various sources, such as forums or blogs. Google Earth is able to show various kinds of images overlaid on the surface of the earth and is also a Web Map Service client. In 2019, Google has revealed that Google Earth now covers more than 97 percent of the world, and has captured 10 million miles of Street View imagery. In addition to Earth navigation, Google Earth provides a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikası, italics=no, links=no; russian: Азербайджанская Советская Социалистическая Республика �зССРAzerbaydzhanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika zSSR}), also referred to as Soviet Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991. Created on 28 April 1920 when the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic brought pro-Soviet figures to power in the region, the first two years of the Azerbaijani SSR were as an independent country until incorporation into the Transcausasian SFSR, along with the Armenian SSR and the Georgian SSR. In December 1922, the Transcaucasian SFSR became part of the newly established Soviet Union. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Academy Of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals. Peter the Great established the Academy (then the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences) in 1724 with guidance from Gottfried Leibniz. From its establishment, the Academy benefitted from a slate of foreign scholars as professors; the Academy then gained its first clear set of goals from the 1747 Charter. The Academy functioned as a university and research center throughout the mid-18th century until the university was dissolved, leaving research as the main pillar of the institution. The rest of the 18th century continuing on through the 19th century consisted of many published academic works from Academy scholars and a few Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov
Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov (russian: Фёдор Иванович Соймо́нов; 1692 – 22 July 1780), Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, was a nautical surveyor of the Imperial Russian Navy, hydrographer and pioneering explorer of the Caspian Sea who charted the until then little known body of water.Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael H. Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, ''The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia'' Soimonov was an important contributor to the improvement of navigation along the Russian coasts. As a cartographer he also mapped new territories in Siberia and contributed to the development of farming in that region. As a military man he served in the Russian campaigns against Sweden and against the Safavid Empire and the Ottoman Turks Biography Fedor Soimonov was born in a noble family, the House of Soimonov. He became a graduate of the Moscow School of Navigation and went to the Netherlands for training. Soimonov made the first thorough hydrographic survey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku Archipelago
The Baku Archipelago is a group of coastal islands close to Baku, Azerbaijan. The waters surrounding the islands are shallow. Islands Besides their Azeri name, most islands have a Russian name that originated in the first modern cartography of the Caspian Sea made by hydrographer Fedor I. Soimonov in the 18th century. The archipelago is made up of the following islands, in addition to a few small sandbanks. Islands located in the bay These are the islands within the Bay of Baku perimeter: * Boyuk Zira or Nargin * Dash Zira or Vulf * Qum or Peschanniy * Tava or Plita Islands located off the bay These islands are detached from the main group: * Chilov or Zhiloy * Sangi-Mugan or Svinoy * Zanbil or Duvanni * Chikil or Oblivnoy * Qara Su or Los * Xara Zira or Bulla * Qutan and Baburi (the Podvodnyye Islands) * Adsiz Ada or Bezymyannyy * Gil or Glinyanii * Kura Island or Kurinsky * Kura Rock or Kurinsky Kamen Ecology The vegetation of the islands in the Baku Archipelago h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
