Kendirli Bay
The Kendirli Bay (Kazakh: Кендірлі шығанағы; also transliteratd from Russian sources as Kenderli Bay) is a bay of the southeastern Caspian Sea in the territory of Karakiya District, Kazakhstan, north of the Garabogazköl lagoon. Its northernshore is on the Mangyshlak Peninsula.
| Kendirli Bay | |
|---|---|
| Кендірлі (Kazakh) | |
Kendirli Bay | |
| Location | Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates | 42°40′57″N 52°41′42″E |
| Surface area | 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi) |
It features the Kendirli Spit. Populated places: Aksu, Fetisovo.
On its islands and on the spit there is the only habitat of the Caspian seal in the mid-Caspian Sea,[1] and the Nature Reserve for Conservation of the Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica).[2]
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