Kura Rock

Kura Rock
Kür daşı
Island
Kura Rock
Coordinates: AZ 39°0′54″N 49°20′01″E / 39.01500°N 49.33361°E / 39.01500; 49.33361
Country Azerbaijan
Region Aran Region

Kura Rock or Kura Stone (Russian: Куринский Камень, Kurinskiy Kamen; Azerbaijani: Kür daşı),[1] is an islet off the coast of Azerbaijan.

Geography

Kura Rock is small islet with a maximum length of 0.18 km. It is located 13 km to the east of Kura Island's northeastern end and about 15 km (9 mi) to the southeast of the nearest mainland shore.[2] The Borisova Bank is located to the west of this islet.[3]

Although geographically quite far from Baku, This islet is considered part of the Baku Archipelago. Administratively it belongs to the Aran Region.

See also

References

  1. Azerbaijan - Island; iTouchMap
  2. GoogleEarth
  3. Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia, page 87


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