Barsa-Kelmes

Barsa-Kelmes was an island, the largest in the . Its area was 133 km2 in the 1980s, but as the sea became more shallow it steadily grew, until in the 1990s it ceased to be an island.
  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: formerly largest island in the Aral Sea
  • Also known as: Barsakelmes Aral” and “Ostrov Barsakel’mes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barsa-Kelmes Nature Reserve.

Nature reserve
is a wildlife refuge on the former island of Barsa-Kelmes in of , in Central Asia. It was founded in 1939. is situated 3 km east of Barsa-Kelmes.

Barsa-Kelmes

Latitude
45.6452° or 45° 38′ 43″ north
Longitude
59.88982° or 59° 53′ 23″ east
Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)
Open location code
8HQXJVWQ+3W
Geo­Names ID
610433
Wiki­data ID
Q2216473
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Barsa-Kelmes” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Barsakelmes
  • Bulgarian: Барсакелмес
  • Catalan: Illa de Barsakelmes
  • Catalan: Llac Barsakelmes
  • Cebuano: Poluostrov Barsakel’mes
  • Chinese: 巴爾薩-凱爾梅斯島
  • Chuvash: Барсакельмес
  • Czech: Barsakelmes
  • Dutch: Barsa-Kelmes
  • Estonian: Barsakelmes
  • German: Barsakelmes
  • Hebrew: ברסאקלמס
  • Indonesian: Barsakelmes
  • Italian: Lago Barsakelmes
  • Japanese: バルサケルメス島
  • Kara-Kalpak: Barsakelmes (ataw)
  • Kara-Kalpak: Barsakelmes
  • Kazakh: Barsakelmes Tübegi
  • Kazakh: Барсакелмес Түбегі
  • Kazakh: Барсакелмес
  • Lithuanian: Barsakelmesas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Barsakelmes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Barsa-Kelmes
  • Norwegian: Barsakelmes
  • Polish: Barsakelmes
  • Russian: Барсакельмес
  • Russian: Остров Барсакельмес
  • Slovenian: Barsakelmes
  • Spanish: Barsa-Kelmes
  • Swedish: Poluostrov Barsakel’mes
  • Tatar: Барсакелмес
  • Ukrainian: Барса-Кельмес
  • Ukrainian: Барсакельмес
  • Uzbek: Borsakelmas

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