Ukatny Island
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Ukatnyy
Остров Укатный Ukatny | |
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Disputed island | |
Russian Federation / Kazakhstan | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.9 km2 (5.8 sq mi) |
Ukatnyy or Ukatny is an island in the northern Caspian Sea. It is located off the eastern end of the mouths of the Volga.[1][2]
Ukatnyy Island is
offshore oil
producing area.
Ukatnyy is a disputed island.Russian Federation, but Kazakhstan had assumed the island was part of its historical territory and includes it in its Atyrau Region.[4]
Other disputed islands[5] near Ukatny are the following:
- Zhestky (Ostrov Zhestky) 45°54′N 49°24′E / 45.900°N 49.400°E. Located about 8 km to the WSW of Ukatny's southern tip.[6]
- Maly Zhemchuzhny 45°02′55.9″N 48°18′36.36″E / 45.048861°N 48.3101000°E. More a sandbank than a proper island.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Mapcarta - Ostrov Ukatnyy
- ^ NASA STS106-719-70 VOLGA DELTA, UKATNYY
- ^ Gigantic Oil and Gas Deposits May Be Bones of Contention between Russia and Kazakhstan
- ^ Kazakhstan’s border policy: Russian direction. Part 1
- ^ Moscow's Caspian Claim Built on Shifting Sands
- ^ Geonames - Ostrov Zhestky
- ^ Increasing the primary production of a bay on Maly Zhemchuzhny Island (North Caspian) by means of mineral fertilizers
External links
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45°55′28″N 49°34′40″E / 45.92444°N 49.57778°E
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