Bulla Island

Bulla Island

Bulla Island, also Khara Zira or Khere Zire, Azeri: Bulla adası (Xərə Zirə) is an island in the Bay of Baku, Caspian Sea. It is the largest island of the Baku Archipelago, located off Baku, Azerbaijan.

Bulla Island's area is 3,5 km²; its length is 3,4 km and its maximum width: 2,6 km. The island has akdalaite and aluminium deposits and a mud volcano.

The island is a centre for the nearby offshore gas development of the Bulla Deniz gas field, in production since 1968. It was the largest gas find in Azerbaijan before Shah-deniz and contains more than convert|4|Tcuft|km3 of gas reserves.

In 1973 the scientific employee Mamedov found 21 spheres each with a diameter of 60-70 millimeters. Spheres were "collected" each of two parts between which there was a "seam" on which it easily breaks up. The spheres consisted from light drop-shaped and dark particles. [ [http://buddhaz.livejournal.com/23269.html Spheres] ]

References

* [http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-bin/search.pl?ype=abstract&name=litmin&number=4&year=96&page=301 Native Aluminum from the Mud Volcano at the Bulla Island, Caspian Sea]
* [http://www.baku-guide.com/beachs/ General information]
* [http://www.smso.net/Caspian_Sea Oil reserves in Bulla Island]


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