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The Tyuleniy Archipelago, (カザフ語:Түлен аралдары) ''Tülen Araldary'', (ロシア語:Тюленьи острова) is an island group in the northeastern Caspian Sea,〔Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal (2013) 'Caspian Sea'. Robert Warren Howarth (ed.), ''Biomes & Ecosystems'', vol. 2. Ipswich, MA: Salem Press, pp. 431-433.〕 located west of the Mangyshlak Peninsula and about 13 km NW of the Tupkaragan Peninsula, 27 km north of Bautino. Administratively, the Tyuleniy Archipelago belongs to the Mangystau Region of Kazakhstan. ==Islands== *Kulaly Island (Kulaly-Aral) is the westernmost and longest island, stretching 25 km from tip to tip. Its shape is slightly irregular, with inlets and headlands. There is a meteorological station with a lighthouse and a Kazakh border guard post on this island, making it the only one in the group inhabited by man. The terrain on Kulaly is either arid or waterlogged and reed-covered.〔(Structures on Kulaly Island )〕 *Morskoy Island (Morskoy Aral) is the next island and the second largest island. It is also the biggest in area, with a length of 19 km and a maximum width of 7 km. This island consists mostly of wetland. *Rybachy Island (formerly Ostrov Svyatoy) is long and narrow and is located south of Morskoy. *Podgornyy Island is located NE of Rybachy.〔(Podgornyy Island )〕 *Novyy Island is the easternmost island. It is located between Podgorny and the mainland and used to have an irregular shape until about 2009. Recent pictures show that this island has eroded heavily.〔GoogleEarth〕 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「Tyuleniy Archipelago (Kazakhstan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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