Tengizi Islands Explained

Tengizi Islands
Settlement Type:Island group
Coordinates:50.35°N 72°W
Population Total:uninhabited
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Pushpin Label Position:top

The Tengizi Islands (also Tengiz Islands) are an archipelago in Korgalzhyn District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.

Located in Lake Tengiz, the archipelago is about 37km (23miles) long and 16km (10miles) wide. It is formed by roughly 70 small and medium-sized islands. These form a compact cluster off the deeply indented eastern shore of the lake.[1]

Ecology

The Tengizi Islands are part of the Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Tengiz Lake Tengiz - Britannica.com
  2. http://www.kazakhstan.orexca.com/korgalzhyn_reserve_kazakhstan.shtml Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve.