Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’

Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’ is a military installation in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’ is situated nearby to the cemetery The burial grounds “PNIL-52”, as well as near Graves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kantubek and Rebirth Island.

Kantubek

Town

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

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. Kantubek is situated 2½ km northeast of Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’.

Rebirth Island

Locality

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Vozrozhdeniya Island was 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 7 km southwest of Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’.

Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’

Type: Military installation
Also known as: “ПНИЛ-52 ‘Бархан’ Останки биолаборатории”
Location: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude

45.13631° or 45° 8′ 11″ north

Longitude

59.31186° or 59° 18′ 43″ east

Open location code

8HQX48P6+GP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 352622751

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=danger_area

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Polish to Russian—“Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’” goes by many names.

Polish: “Ruiny biolaboratorium ‘Barchan’”
Russian: “Биохимический полигон «Бархан»”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The burial grounds “PNIL-52” and Graves.

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