Kantubek

Kantubek is a ghost town on in the . The town is still found on maps but was abandoned in 1992 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
NASA, Public domain.
  • Town
  • …lies at an elevation of 78 metres (256 feet)
  • Description: ghost town on Vozrozhdeniya Island in the Aral Sea
  • Also known as
    “Kontyubek”
    “Rybachiy Posëlok”
    “Кантубек (Аральск-7)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rebirth Island.
NASA, Public domain.
Vozrozhdeniya Island was a peninsula and former lake island in the . is situated 9 km southwest of Kantubek.

Kantubek

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Latitude
45.15385° or 45° 9′ 14″ north
Longitude
59.33535° or 59° 20′ 7″ east
Open location code
8HQX583P+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Kantubek” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Кантубек”
  • Catalan: “Kantubek”
  • Chinese: “凯图巴克”
  • Chinese: “凱圖巴克”
  • Czech: “Kantubek”
  • Dutch: “Kantubek”
  • French: “Kantoubek”
  • French: “Kantubek”
  • German: “Kantubek”
  • Irish: “Kantubek”
  • Italian: “Kantubek”
  • Lithuanian: “Kantubekas”
  • Polish: “Kantubek”
  • Romanian: “Kahtubek”
  • Romanian: “Kantubek”
  • Russian: “Кантубек”
  • Spanish: “Kantubek”
  • Uzbek: “Kantubek (shaharcha)”
  • Uzbek: “Kantubek”

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