Batkachny_Island Knowpia

Batkachny Island

Баткачный
Batkachny Island Баткачный
Island
	Batkachny Island
	Coordinates: 45°43′N 48°26′E / 45.717°N 48.433°E
Country	Russia
Oblast	Astrakhan Oblast

Batkachny Island (Russian: Баткачный) is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is located right off the mouths of the Volga in an area where there are many delta islands.^[1]

Batkachny Island has a very twisted shape, with many headlands and inlets. It is separated from the coast by a 1 km wide channel. It has a length of almost 30 km and a maximum width of 10 km.^[2]

Adjacent Islands edit

Sedmoy Island (Ostrov Sed'moy) 45°47′N 48°32′E / 45.783°N 48.533°E / 45.783; 48.533 lies about 7 km to the NE.
Nizhny Island (Ostrov Nizhny), also known as 'Nizhny Oseredok' 45°43′N 48°30′E / 45.717°N 48.500°E / 45.717; 48.500 lies right east of Batkachny Island's eastern coast, separated from it by a channel that has an average width of 1 km.
Maly Setnoy Island (Ostrov Malyy Setnoy)45°41′N 48°39′E / 45.683°N 48.650°E / 45.683; 48.650 lies 10 km to the east of Batkachny.
Morskoy Setnoy Island (Ostrov Morskoy Setnoy) lies 15 km to the east, beyond Malyy Setnoy.
Other nearby islands include Ostrov Zelenen'ky and Ostrov Zelyony