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.
Wikipedia
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Town
  • Description: ghost town on Vozrozhdeniya Island in the Aral Sea
  • Also known as: “Kontyubek”, “Rybachiy Posëlok”, and “Кантубек (Аральск-7)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rebirth Island.

Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Vozrozhdeniya Island was a peninsula and former lake island in the . The former island's territory is split between and . In 1954, the Soviet Union constructed a biological weapons test site called Aralsk-7 there and on the neighbouring Komsomolskiy Island, which also no longer exists as an island. is situated 9 km southwest of Kantubek.

Kantubek

Latitude
45.15385° or 45° 9′ 14″ north
Longitude
59.33535° or 59° 20′ 7″ east
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Open location code
8HQX583P+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12215087333
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
601361
Wiki­data ID
Q1400974
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Satellite Map

Discover Kantubek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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