Ukatny Island Explained

Ukatnyy
Native Name:	Остров Укатный
Native Name Lang:	Russian language
Other Name:	Ukatny
Settlement Type:	Disputed island
Coordinates:	45.9244°N 49.5778°W
Area Total Km2:	14.9
Pushpin Map:	Caspian Sea
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Subdivision Type:	Sea
Subdivision Name:	Caspian Sea
Subdivision Type1:	Territory status
Subdivision Name1:	Disputed island
Subdivision Type2:	Countries

Ukatnyy or Ukatny is an island in the northern Caspian Sea. It is located off the eastern end of the mouths of the Volga.^{[1] [2]}

Ukatnyy Island is marshy. It has a length of 6.2 km and a maximum width of 4.3 km. It lies in an offshore oil producing area.

Ukatnyy is a disputed island.^[3] According to Russia administratively this island belongs to the Astrakhan Oblast of the Russian Federation, but Kazakhstan had assumed the island was part of its historical territory and includes it in its Atyrau Region.^[4] Other disputed islands^[5] near Ukatny are the following:

• Zhestky (Ostrov Zhestky) 45.9°N 73°W. Located about 8 km to the WSW of Ukatny's southern tip.^[6]
• Maly Zhemchuzhny 45.0489°N 48.3101°W. More a sandbank than a proper island.^[7]

See also

• List of territorial disputes

External links

• Astra - a quiet evening in the Caspian Sea near the island of Ukatny
• КАСПИЙСКИЙ САММИТ НЕ СОСТОЯЛСЯ

45.9244°N 49.5778°W

Notes and References

1. http://mapcarta.com/13956580 Mapcarta - Ostrov Ukatnyy
2. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=STS106&roll=719&frame=70 NASA STS106-719-70 VOLGA DELTA, UKATNYY
3. http://ipahouse1.fortunecity.ws/eng/eng11a/oil.htm Gigantic Oil and Gas Deposits May Be Bones of Contention between Russia and Kazakhstan
4. http://e-history.kz/media/upload/2065/2014/06/27/556941057dc5501490d72f762fbcef8c.pdf Kazakhstan’s border policy: Russian direction. Part 1
5. http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=22820#.VtPix3195dh Moscow's Caspian Claim Built on Shifting Sands
6. http://www.geonames.org/advanced-search.html?q=ostrov&continentCode=AS&startRow=100 Geonames - Ostrov Zhestky
7. http://nmbl.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=185461&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=185917 Increasing the primary production of a bay on Maly Zhemchuzhny Island (North Caspian) by means of mineral fertilizers