Qara Su
Qara Su, Qarasu or Los Island, is an uninhabited sandy island located south of the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. The island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which includes of the following islands: Boyuk Zira or Nargin, Dash Zira, Qum Island, Zenbil, Sangi-Mugan, Chikil, Qara Su, Khara Zira, Gil, Ignat Dash, and several smaller ones.
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Public domain.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Garasu”, “Ostrov Los’”, “Qarasu”, “Qarasu Adasi”, and “Քարասու”
Qara Su
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Baku Region, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.83499° or 39° 50′ 6″ north
Longitude
49.53196° or 49° 31′ 55″ east
Elevation
-18 metres (-59 feet)
Open location code
8HFFRGMJ+XQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Qara Su” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قره سو”
- Armenian: “Քարա Սու”
- Azerbaijani: “Qara Su”
- Cebuano: “Qarasu Adası”
- Chechen: “Гарасу”
- Chechen: “ГӀарасу”
- Dutch: “Qara Su”
- Malayalam: “ക്വാറാ സു ദ്വീപ്”
- Persian: “جزیره قرهسو”
- Russian: “Гарасу”
- Russian: “Кара Су”
- Spanish: “Isla Qarasu”
- Swedish: “Qara Su”
- Ukrainian: “Гарасу”
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