Vulf, or Volf , and also known as Dash Zira ( Azeri: ''Daş Zirə'') or Kichik Zira ''(Kiçik Zirə)'', is an island of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

, in 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, ...

. The word "Zira" originated in the

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word "Jazīra", meaning "island". Vulf is tiny and uninhabited. It is one of the many islands that protect the Bay of

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Geography

The island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Boyuk Zira, Kichik Zira, Qum Island or Peschany, Zenbil, Sangi-Mugan, Chikil, Qara Su, Khara Zira, Gil,

Tava A ''tava(h)'' / ''tawa(h)'' (mainly on the Indian subcontinent), ''saj'' (in Arabic), ''sac'' (in Turkish), and other variations, is a metal cooking utensil. The tawa is round and is usually curved: the concave side is used as a wok or frying ...

(Plita), Khanlar (Ptichiy), Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones. Vulf has an area of approximately 1 km² (''24.711 acres''). The waters surrounding Vulf are very shallow. There is very little vegetation on Vulf, due to oil pollution as well as many other factors. Caspian seals,

sturgeon Sturgeon (from Old English ultimately from Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European *''str̥(Hx)yón''-) is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the ...

, and numerous types of birds like teal ducks, herring gulls, and grebes are a few of the species that can be found on and around the island.

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Yachting & Boating - Improtex
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