Chilov ( az, Çilov adası, also spelt Zhiloy and Jiloi) is an island in the
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 s ...
. It is located off the
Absheron Peninsula
The Absheron Peninsula ( az, Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyr ...
Chilov Island is located off the eastern end of the
Apsheron Peninsula
The Absheron Peninsula ( az, Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyr ...
in the
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 s ...
, from Baku.
It is across and has an irregular shape with various headlands and inlets. Its highest elevation is . Its area is about .
Administratively Chilov Island belongs to the
Khazar
The Khazars ; he, כּוּזָרִים, Kūzārīm; la, Gazari, or ; zh, 突厥曷薩 ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a semi-nomadic Turkic people that in the late 6th-century CE established a major commercial empire coverin ...
district of Baku.
History
Oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ...
and gas deposits were discovered near Chilov island by Russian Rear Admiral Count
Mark Voynovich
Marko Ivanovich Voinovich (russian: Ма́рко Ива́нович Во́йнович, ; 1750–1807) was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.Rear Admiral Count Mark Voynovich /ref>