Gil Island (Azerbaijan)

Gil Gil Adasi / Glinyanyy
Island of the Baku Archipelago
Gil
Coordinates: AZ 39°56′53″N 49°28′58″E / 39.94806°N 49.48278°E / 39.94806; 49.48278
Country	Azerbaijan
Municipality	Ələt

Gil Island also Glinyanii Island (Azerbaijani: Gil Adası, Russian: остров Глиняный Ostrov Glinyanyy) is an island of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea.

Geography

This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Boyuk Zira, Dash Zira, Qum Island, Zenbil, Sangi-Mugan or Svinoy, Chikil, Qara Su, Khara Zira, Gil, Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones.

It lies south of the bay, detached from the group, close to the town of Alat, about 3.5 km from the nearest shore.^[1] Gil Island is about 1 km in length and 0.8 km wide. Gil Island has a long spit extending roughly westward.^[2]

References

Gil Island (Azerbaijan) at GEOnet Names Server

Islands of the Caspian Sea



Adsiz Ada Ashuradeh Baburi Islands Baku Archipelago Batkachnyy Island Blinov Island Bolshiye Peshnyye Islands Bolshoy Setnoy Island Boyuk Zira Bulla Island Chechen Island Chikil Chilov Chistoy Banki Durneva Island Gil Island Kichik Zira Kura Island Kura Rock Malyy Zhemchuzhnyy Morskaya Chapura Morskoy Biryuchek Morskoy Ivan-Karaul Nizhniy Oseredok Island Nordovyy Nordvestinskiy Island Ogurja Ada / Ogurchinskiy Island Osushnoy Pirallahi Island Podvodnyye Islands Qara Su Qum Island Sedmoy Spirkin Oseredok Island Svinoy Tava Tyuleniy Archipelago Tyuleniy Island Verkhny Oseredok Island Vulf Zenbil Zhanbay Island Zyudev Island

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