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    The Absheron Peninsula (Azerbaijani: Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the most populous city of the country...
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    same name as the Absheron Peninsula, the area covered by the district is not conterminous, being further west and mostly inland. Absheron District was founded...
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    the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, on the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two...
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  • active from 2010 to 2011 Absheron gas field Absheron Hotel Absheron National Park Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan Absheron, a novel by Mehdi Huseyn This...
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    of Turkan, Hovsan, Nardaran, Dubandi, Qala, and Surakhani on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan. Throughout history, historians like Abbasgulu agha...
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  • Republic. Absheron peninsula is famous not only for its beaches. Containing iodine, bromine and other elements mineral waters of Absheron peninsula made it...
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    Absheron lighthouse or Gurgan lighthouse (Azerbaijani: Abşeron mayakı) is located on the Absheron peninsula, on the Absheron mountain. Built in 1860, it...
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    Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian...
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    is a natural gas fire that burns perpetually on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a country known as "the Land...
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    250-kilometre-long (777 mi) peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi). The Sea of Okhotsk bounds the peninsula's western coastline...
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  • Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula (SWAP) is a prospective exploration area around the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan. On 22 December 2014, SOCAR and...
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  • Pembrokeshire Peninsula St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire Wales, itself a peninsula Le Clos du Valle, Guernsey Little Sark, Sark Langness Peninsula, Malew Absheron Peninsula...
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    Sea, with a population of 32,084. It's positioned on the eastern Absheron Peninsula, about 30 km away from downtown Baku, and just 10 km from Heydar Aliyev...
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    [sumɡɑˈjɯt] ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about 31 kilometres (19 miles) away from the capital Baku. The city...
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    Lake Masazir, is a salty lake in Masazir, Azerbaijan, located on the Absheron Peninsula on the west coast of the Caspian Sea. The overall area of the lake...
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    west-northwest to east-southeast, from the Taman Peninsula of the Black Sea to the Absheron Peninsula of the Caspian Sea: from the Western Caucasus in...
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    in the Absheron peninsula and the western part bordering the Dubrar system. Yunusdagh, Ylkhydagh and Koun are the highest parts of the peninsula about...
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  • 1966 – Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people. 1967 – Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian:...
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    a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, which itself is known as the "land of...
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    name Mud Volcanoes Group of Baku and Absheron Peninsula State Nature Reserve is a state reserve located in the Absheron region of Azerbaijan. The area of...
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    lake of Azerbaijan and the largest on Absheron Peninsula. It is located in the center of the Absheron peninsula, on the boundaries of Binagadi, Sabunchu...
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    Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. The present Russia–United States maritime...
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  • signed a joint exploration and development over the Shallow Water Absheron Peninsula. SOCAR has explored the Umid and Bulla Deniz gas fields. In 2017,...
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    Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian highlands, the Levant, the island of Cyprus, the Sinai Peninsula and the South Caucasus...
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    Levant (category Geographical regions of the Arabian Peninsula)
    Caucasus Mountains, or any part of the Arabian Peninsula proper. Cilicia (in Asia Minor) and the Sinai Peninsula (Asian Egypt) are sometimes included. As a...
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    comprise the West Siberian Lowlands; the Angara Shield, with the Taymyr Peninsula, the coastal lowlands (the East Siberian Lowland and the North Siberian...
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    the fountain”. Atashgah inscriptions Surakhany is located on the Absheron Peninsula, which is famous for being a locality where oil oozes naturally from...
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  • vulkanı), also known as Lok-Batan Mud Cone, is a mud volcano located in Absheron Peninsula near the settlement of Lökbatan in Qaradağ raion of Baku, Azerbaijan...
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    Chilov (category Absheron Archipelago)
    the Absheron Peninsula, 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Baku. Chilov Island is located 25 km (16 mi) off the eastern end of the Apsheron Peninsula in the...
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    Azerbaijan. It is positioned on the shore of the Caspian Sea in the Absheron Peninsula. It is the largest water park in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, with...
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