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Kura or Kurkosa ((アゼルバイジャン語:Kür Dili)), also known as ''Kurinskiy'' in the Russian language, is an island in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan. It lies 33 km to the south of Neftchala and about 150 km to the SSE of Baku, in the Aran Region. The island was named after the Kura River located further north by Fedor I. Soimonov, the pioneering explorer of the Caspian Sea during the time of Peter I the Great. Soimonov wrote the 'Pilot of the Caspian Sea', the first report on that until then little known body of water, that was published in 1720 by the Russian Academy of Sciences.〔(Fedor I. Soimonov - Encyclopaedia Britannica )〕 ==Geography== Kura island is located 7.5 km off the Kura Spit, the nearest point, and 10 km to the east of Kyzylagach (Qızılağac) Bay〔(Azerbaijan Travel - Neftchala )〕 Although geographically located quite far away from it, it is considered as the southernmost island of the Baku Archipelago.〔Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, ''The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia'', page 262〕 The area of Kura Island is 43 km². Its length is 11.8 km and its maximum width 5.2 km.〔GoogleEarth〕 The island is low, with mudhills and stretches in a NE to SW direction. There is a lighthouse on Kura that was built in 1911 and abandoned in 1966.〔(Lighthouses of Azerbaijan )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kura Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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