The Türkmenbaşy Gulf or Türkmenbaşy Aýlagy or Türkmenbaşy Bay ( Turkmen : Türkmenbaşy aýlagy , Russian : залив Туркменбашы ) is a bay of the Caspian Sea in the coast of Turkmenistan .
5-644: With the Türkmenbaşy Peninsula to the north and the Cheleken Peninsula to the south, the gulf extends westwards into the sea for 46 km and has an 18 km wide mouth. At its northwest corner are the Bala-Ishem salt marshes which mark the mouth of the dried-up Uzboy River . It became part of the Hazar Nature Reserve in 1968 and was designated as a Ramsar site in 2008. Among the animals in
10-620: Is located to the south on the shores of the Türkmenbaşy Bay. Administratively, the peninsula is in Turkmenistan's Balkan Region . The peninsula was previously known as the Krasnovodsk Peninsula, but it changed its name when the city at its shores changed its name from Krasnovodsk to Türkmenbaşy. 40°20′N 53°10′E / 40.333°N 53.167°E / 40.333; 53.167 This Turkmenistan location article
15-785: The Caspian Sea in the west, the Garabogazköl in the north, and the Türkmenbaşy Gulf in the south. The peninsula is between desert and semidesert , with the Chilmamedkum Desert in the east and the Oktukum Desert in the west. The Türkmenbaşy Ýarymada has a continental dry climate with a precipitation of 100 mm (3.9 in) per year. The Peninsula is practically covered by the Türkmenbaşy Plateau . The city of Türkmenbaşy
20-644: The bay the Krasnovodsk herring ( Alosa braschnikowi nirchi) and the Caspian seal deserve mention. In 18th century maps of the Caspian Sea the gulf was known as 'Balkan Gulf' or 'Balchan Gulf' and was assumed to be much deeper. It was first accurately cartographed by Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov during the 1719 Caspian Expedition which surveyed the Caspian Sea from 1719 to 1727. The bay was later known as 'Krasnovodsk Gulf' or 'Krasnovodsk Bay', but it changed its name when
25-482: The city at its shores changed its name from Krasnovodsk to Türkmenbaşy . This Turkmenistan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Krasnovodsk Peninsula The Türkmenbaşy Peninsula or Türkmenbaşy Ýarymada , formerly known as the Krasnovodsk Peninsula ( Russian : Красноводский полуостров ), is a large peninsula located in western Turkmenistan . It borders on
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