Abandoned bunker area
Abandoned bunker area is a bunker in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. Abandoned bunker area is situated nearby to the cemetery Graves, as well as near the military installation Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory.
Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory
Ruins
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. Old Kantubek bioweapons laboratory is situated 3 km northeast of Abandoned bunker area.
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 6 km southwest of Abandoned bunker area.
Abandoned bunker area
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: ruins, historic site, and military installation
- Location: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
45.13195° or 45° 7′ 55″ northLongitude
59.31146° or 59° 18′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8HQX48J6+QHOpenStreetMap ID
way 441735697OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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In Other Languages
“Abandoned bunker area” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Зона брошенных бункеров”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Graves and Biochemical training ground ‘Barkhan’.
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