Chikil

Chikil Oblivnoy
Island of the Baku Archipelago
Map showing the location of the Baku Archipelago.
Country	Azerbaijan
Region	Absheron Region
Area
• Total	0.4 km² (0.2 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)

Chikil (Azerbaijani: Çigil adasi), also known as Oblivnoy, is an uninhabited island off the Bay of Baku, Azerbaijan. This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Boyuk Zira, Dash Zira, Qum Island or Peschanny, Zenbil, Sangi-Mugan, Chikil, Qara Su, Khara Zira, Gil, Ignat Dash and a few smaller ones.^[1]

Ecology

Chikil's surrounding waters are very shallow. There is very little vegetation on the island due to oil pollution as well as other factors.

Caspian seals, sturgeon, and numerous types of birds, like teal ducks, herring gulls and grebes, are some of the animal species that can be found on and around the island.^[2]

Islands of the Caspian Sea



Adsiz Ada Ashuradeh Baburi Baku Archipelago Batkachnyy Blinov Bolshiye Peshnyye Bolshoy Zyudostinskiy Bolshoy Setnoy Boyuk Zira Bulla Chechen Chikil Chilov Chistoy Banki Durneva Gil Kichik Zira Kura Island Kura Rock Malyy Zhemchuzhnyy Morskaya Chapura Morskoy Biryuchek Morskoy Ivan-Karaul Morskoy Setnoy Nizhniy Oseredok Nordovyy Nordvestinskiy Ogurja Ada / Ogurchinskiy Osushnoy Pillarahi Podvodnyye Qara Su Qum Sedmoy Sara Spirkin Oseredok Svinoy Tava Tyuleniy Archipelago Tyuleniy Ukatnyy Verkhny Oseredok Vulf Zenbil Zhanbay Zhestkiy Zyudev

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