Spirkin Oseredok Island
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Spirkin Oseredok Island is a low and flat island in the Caspian Sea
. It is located east of the mouths of the Volga.
Spirkin Oseredok is separated from the Kazakh coast by a 700 m wide channel. It has a length of 5.2 km and a maximum width of 3.9 km.
Administratively Spirkin Oseredok Island belongs to the Atyrau Province
of Kazakhstan
.
Zhanbay Aral
, one of the largest islands in the area, lies 10 km to the SSW beyond a landhead.
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 east of the mouths of the Volga.
Spirkin Oseredok is separated from the Kazakh coast by a 700 m wide channel. It has a length of 5.2 km and a maximum width of 3.9 km.
Administratively Spirkin Oseredok Island belongs 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...
.
Zhanbay Aral
Zhanbay Island
Zhanbay Aral, or Dzhambayskiy Island , is a low and flat island in the Caspian Sea. It is located east of the mouths of the Volga.Zhanbay Island is separated from the Kazakh coast by a 1.2 Km wide channel...
, one of the largest islands in the area, lies 10 km to the SSW beyond a landhead.