Chikil
Sign in to saveChikil (), also known as Oblivnoy, is an uninhabited island off the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Boyuk Zira, Dash Zira, Qum Island or Peschanny, Zenbil, Sangi-Mugan, Chikil, Qara Su, Khara Zira, Gil, Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones. ==Ecology== Chikil's surrounding waters are very shallow. There is very little vegetation on the island due to oil pollution as well as other factors.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- ChikilOblivnoy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island of the Baku Archipelago
- Settlement.image_map
- Caspian5Baku Bay.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map showing the location of the Baku Archipelago.
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.4
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 25
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Absheron Region
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Baku Archipelago
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.4
- Elevation
- 25
- Body of water
- Caspian Sea
- Width
- 0.425
- Length
- 0.585
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Ecology
- See also
- References
Chikil (), also known as Oblivnoy, is an uninhabited island off the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Boyuk Zira, Dash Zira, Qum Island or Peschanny, Zenbil, Sangi-Mugan, Chikil, Qara Su, Khara Zira, Gil, Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones. ==Ecology== Chikil's surrounding waters are very shallow. There is very little vegetation on the island due to oil pollution as well as other factors.
Caspian seals, sturgeon, and numerous types of birds, like teal ducks, herring gulls and grebes, are some of the animal species that can be found on and around the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chikil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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