Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory
Kantubek is a ghost town on Vozrozhdeniya Island in the Aral Sea. The town is still found on maps but was abandoned in 1992 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rebirth Island.
Rebirth Island
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Vozrozhdeniya Island is a peninsula and former lake island in the Aral Sea. The former island's territory is split between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. 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. Rebirth Island is situated 9 km southwest of Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory.
Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory
- Type: Ruins
- Also known as: “Kontyubek”, “Qantúbek”, “Rybachiy Poselok”, and “Рыбачий Поселок”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.15481° or 45° 9′ 17″ northLongitude
59.33484° or 59° 20′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8HQX583M+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 807718125OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Satellite Map
Discover Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory” goes by many names.
- French: “Kantoubek”
- German: “Altes Kantubek Biowaffenlabor”
- Italian: “Kantubek”
- Polish: “Kantubek”
- Romanian: “Kantubek”
- Russian: “Кантубек”
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