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| name = Buzachi Peninsula
| other_name = Полуостров Бузачи
| native_name = ''Бозащы''
| native_name_lang = Kazakh
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| subdivision_type = Sea
| subdivision_name = [[Caspian Sea]]
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The '''Buzachi Peninsula''' ({{lang-kk|Маңғыстау}}; {{lang-ru|Мангышла́к}}) is a [[peninsula]] located in western [[Kazakhstan]]. It borders on the [[Mangyshlak Bay]] of the [[Caspian Sea]] in the west and with the [[Mangyshlak Peninsula]] in the southwest. The [[Dead Kultuk]] lies to the northeast and the narrow [[Kaydak Inlet]] forms its eastern limit. [[Durneva Island]] lies to the north and the [[Tyuleniy Archipelago (Kazakhstan)|Tyuleniy Archipelago]] lies off the western shores of the peninsula.

Administratively the Buzachi Peninsula is part of Kazakhstan's [[Mangystau Province]]. Currently it is a new [[oil exploration]] area.<ref>[http://archives.datapages.com/data/rus_pet_geol/data/013/013005/203_pg130203.htm Buzachi Peninsula - New Oil Region of West Kazakhstan]</ref>

This peninsula is a vast low-lying depression with [[salt marsh]]es and salt lakes. Parts of it lie between 20 and 30 m below sea level, lower than the Caspian.<ref>Масальский В. И. Бузачи // ''Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона :'' в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890—1907.</ref> The area provides an important habitat for thousands of [[Goitered Gazelle]]s.<ref>David P. Mallon & Steven Charles Kingswood, ''Antelopes: Part 4 - North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia: Global Survey And Regional Action Plans (Pt. 4)'' p. 137</ref>
==Cartography==
The area was cartographed by [[Fedor Ivanovich Soimonov]] during the [[1719 Caspian Expedition|Caspian Expedition]], which surveyed the Caspian Sea from 1719 to 1727.<ref name=CS>Igor S. Zonn, Aleksey N Kosarev, Michael H. Glantz & Andrey G. Kostianoy, ''The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia'', p. 156</ref>

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|[[File:North-East part of Caspian Sea (IMW NL39).jpg|thumb|260px|Map of the northeastern part of Caspian Sea with the Buzachi Peninsula in the lower right.]]
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==See also==
*[[Oil megaprojects (2003)]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://aqtau.narod.ru The wildlife of Mangyshlak] {{ru icon}}
* [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00725729#page-1 Crude oils from new fields of the Buzachi Peninsula]

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