Tyuleny Island (Caspian Sea)
This article is about the island in the Caspian Sea. For other similarly named islands, see Tyuleny Island.
| Tyuleny Тюлений | |
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| Island | |
  Tyuleny | |
| Coordinates: RU 44°29′N 47°31′E / 44.483°N 47.517°E | |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Federal subject | Dagestan Republic |
Section of a 1721 Van Verden map with Tyuleniy as Isle des Chiens Marins in French.
Tyuleny Island (Russian: Тюлений) is an uninhabited island in the Caspian Sea. It is located 47 km east of the Dagestan coastline, in the Caspian Sea, near the entrance to the Kizlyar Gulf.[1]
Geography
The island is 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) long and 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) wide. There is a weather station on it.[2]
There are many Caspian seals in Tyuleny, hence its name, which means "seal" in Russian. Since parts of the islands are marshy, there are also many birds.
This island belongs to the Dagestan Republic, a federal subject of the Russian Federation.
Features
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Ruins of school
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Cemetery
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lighthouse
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Weather Station
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Abandoned harbour equipment
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Ruins
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Abandoned machinery
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