Svinoy_(Caspian_Sea)

Svinoy (Caspian Sea)

Svinoy (Caspian Sea)

Island in Absheron Region, Azerbaijan

This article is about the island in Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea. For the island in the Faroe Archipelago, see Svínoy.

Svinoy, Sangi-Mugan Island or Muğan daşı (Azerbaijani: Səngi Muğan, Russian: Ostrov Svinoy), is an island in the Caspian Sea located south of Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Geography

This island lies south of the Baku Archipelago, 16 km off the shore. Svinoy is about 1 km in length and 0.6 km wide.[1] Although geographically quite far from Baku, This island is considered part of the Baku Archipelago.

On Svinoy Island, there is an automatic station for the monitoring of local water pollution.[2]

History

Stenka Razin's Cossacks crushed the fleet of the Safavid Shah Suleiman I of Persia in the waters off Svinoy Island in 1669.[3] The southern bay of the island is an ideal place for underwater archaeology.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Sǝngi Muğan Adası
  2. [2]
    UNIDO Caspian Pollution Report Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today
  3. [3]
    History: The Revolt of Stepan Razin
  4. [4]
    Underwater archaeology in Azerbaijan - Photos


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