Ukatny Island

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Template:Infobox settlement Ukatnyy or Ukatny is an island in the northern Caspian Sea. It is located off the eastern end of the mouths of the Volga.<ref>Mapcarta - Ostrov Ukatnyy</ref><ref>NASA STS106-719-70 VOLGA DELTA, UKATNYY</ref>

Ukatnyy Island is marshy. It has a length of 6.2 km and a maximum width of 4.3 km. It lies in an offshore oil producing area.

Ukatnyy is a disputed island.<ref>Gigantic Oil and Gas Deposits May Be Bones of Contention between Russia and Kazakhstan</ref> According to Russia administratively this island belongs to the Astrakhan Oblast of the Russian Federation, but Kazakhstan had assumed the island was part of its historical territory and includes it in its Atyrau Region.<ref>Kazakhstan’s border policy: Russian direction. Part 1</ref>

Adjacent Islands

Other disputed islands<ref>Moscow's Caspian Claim Built on Shifting Sands</ref> near Ukatny are:

See also

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