Shah Spit is a spit which is located in the far south-eastern part of the

Absheron Peninsula The Absheron Peninsula () is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the most populous city of the country, and the Baku Metropolitan Area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrdalan. It extends eastward into the Caspian S ...

. It is the largest spit in Azerbaijan. Moreover, Shah Spit is easternmost land of Azerbaijan on the mainland. Administratively,

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

is located in the territory of Zira settlement.

Geographical features

The spit extends throughout the

Caspian sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...

, to the south. It has a narrow and long shape. The area is mostly sandy. It is not so high above from sea level. For this reason, saline groundwater is close to the surface. Saline ponds and swamp lands are widespread. The climate of spit is characterized by strong winds.

Absheron National Park

The area of spit is completely included in the territory of Absheron National Park. The main purpose of the establishment of the Absheron National Park was to protect the environment and protection of endangered rare species of flora and fauna. There are

Caspian seal The Caspian seal (''Pusa caspica'', syn. ''Phoca caspica'') is one of the smallest members of the earless seal family and unique in that it is found exclusively in the brackish Caspian Sea. It lives along the shorelines, but also on the many ro ...

gazelle A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus ''Gazella'' . There are also seven species included in two further genera; '' Eudorcas'' and '' Nanger'', which were formerly considered subgenera of ''Gazella''. A third former subgenus, ' ...

partridges A partridge is a medium-sized galliform bird in any of several genera, with a wide native distribution throughout parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species have been introduced to the Americas. They are sometimes grouped in the Perdic ...

, Caspian seagulls, green-headed ducks and others are preserved.

References

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