Tyuleny Archipelago
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Administratively, the Tyuleniy Archipelago belongs to the Mangystau Region of Kazakhstan.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was named "Tyuleniy" —meaning "seal"— after the currently endangered Caspian seal.[2]
Islands
- Kulaly Island (Kulaly-Aral) is the westernmost and longest island, stretching Template:Cvt from tip to tip. Its shape is slightly irregular, with inlets and headlands. There is a meteorological station with a lighthouse and a Kazakh border guard post on this island, making it the only one in the group inhabited by man. The terrain on Kulaly is either arid or waterlogged and reed-covered.[3]
- Morskoy Island (Morskoy Aral) is the next island and the second largest island. It is also the biggest in area, with a length of Template:Cvt and a maximum width of Template:Cvt. This island consists mostly of wetland.
- Rybachy Island (formerly Ostrov Svyatoy) is long and narrow and is south of Morskoy.
- Podgornyy Island is northeast of Rybachy.[4]
- Novyy Island is the easternmost island. It is between Podgorny and the mainland and used to have an irregular shape until about 2009. Recent pictures show that this island has eroded heavily.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Ecology
The islands are desert-like and sandy, with little grass. There are reeds on the leeward side of Kulaly as well as on the other islands, which are much lower and waterlogged. In past centuries many Caspian seals come to the islands' shores, hence the name of the group.
The islands have been declared an Important Bird Area and a National Protected Zone (State Reservation). There are large concentrations of seagulls and wetland birds, like coots, wild ducks, swans, egrets, and waders in the archipelago during their nesting period. The Tyuleniy island group is also an important breeding ground for the Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis).
References
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- ↑ Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael H. Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia
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- ↑ Structures on Kulaly Island
- ↑ Podgornyy Island
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External links
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- Geographic data
- Birdlife
- Caspian Sea Biodiversity Project
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