Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands
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The Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands (Ostrova Bol'shiye Peshnyye) is a group of two small islands in the Caspian Sea
. It is located 7 km off the coast, 15 km SSE of Peshnoy.
The Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands are 2.5 km away from each other. The northern island has a length of 2 km and a maximum width of 0.7 km. The crescent-shaped southern island is 3.2 km long and only 400 m wide on average.
Administratively the Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands belong to the Atyrau Province
of Kazakhstan
.
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
. It is located 7 km off the coast, 15 km SSE of Peshnoy.
The Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands are 2.5 km away from each other. The northern island has a length of 2 km and a maximum width of 0.7 km. The crescent-shaped southern island is 3.2 km long and only 400 m wide on average.
Administratively the Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands belong to the Atyrau Province
Atyrau Province
Atyrau Oblast is a province of Kazakhstan. It is situated in the west of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Atyrau, with a population of 142,500 people; the province itself has 480,000 people...
of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
.