Svinoy (Caspian Sea)

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Svinoy Sangi Mugan
Island
The Cossack Stenka Razin in the Caspian Sea (Vasily Surikov)
Svinoy
Coordinates: 39°45′N 49°35′E / 39.750°N 49.583°E / 39.750; 49.583
Country	Azerbaijan
Region	Absheron Region

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.

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

• List of islands of Azerbaijan

References

External links

• Impact of Natural Hazards on Oil and Gas Extraction

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