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The Peninsula has two spits or bars at the end running meridionally from north to south; the northern or right spit is also known as the Kafaldja Peninsula, while the southern or left spit running towards
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Oppo, Davide; Capozzi, Rossella; Nigarov, Aman; Esenov, Paltamet (2014). "Mud volcanism and fluid geochemistry in the Cheleken peninsula, western Turkmenistan".
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The Cheleken Peninsula is about 40 km long and 22 km wide. It borders on the
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Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael H. Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy,
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in the Cheleken Peninsula. The island merged with the mainland after 1937.
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Minerals - Krasnovodsk, Cheleken Peninsula, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan
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Overview of oil and natural gas in the Caspian Sea region
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in 1832. Karelin commented that there were four types of
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Peninsula
Cheleken Peninsula is located in Caspian Sea
Cheleken Peninsula is located in Turkmenistan
39°29′00″N 53°18′30″E / 39.48333°N 53.30833°E / 39.48333; 53.30833
Country
Turkmenistan
Region
Balkan Region
Caspian Sea

Oil platform
Russian
Turkmenistan
Caspian Sea
Hazar
Balkan Province
Caspian Sea
Türkmenbaşy Gulf
Ogurja Ada
mud volcanoes
formerly an island
Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky
Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov
Caspian Expedition
G. S. Karelin
crude oil

Van Verden
Naphtha

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