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| name = Ukatnyy
| native_name = ''Остров Укатный''
| native_name_lang = Russian language
| other_name = Ukatny
| settlement_type = Disputed island
| image_skyline = Ukatny karta.png
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| image_caption = Map of Ukatnyy Island
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| subdivision_type = Sea
| subdivision_name = [[Caspian Sea]]
| subdivision_type1 = Territory status
| subdivision_name1 = [[Border dispute|Disputed island]]
| subdivision_type2 =Countries
| subdivision_name2 = [[Russian Federation]] / [[Kazakhstan]]
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'''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>[http://mapcarta.com/13956580 Mapcarta - Ostrov Ukatnyy]</ref><ref>[http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=STS106&roll=719&frame=70 NASA STS106-719-70 VOLGA DELTA, UKATNYY]</ref>

Ukatnyy Island is [[marsh]]y. 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>[http://ipahouse1.fortunecity.ws/eng/eng11a/oil.htm 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>[http://e-history.kz/media/upload/2065/2014/06/27/556941057dc5501490d72f762fbcef8c.pdf Kazakhstan’s border policy: Russian direction. Part 1]</ref>
==Adjacent Islands==
Other disputed islands<ref>[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=22820#.VtPix3195dh Moscow's Caspian Claim Built on Shifting Sands]</ref> near Ukatny are:
*'''Zhestky''' (Ostrov Zhestky) {{coord|45|54|N|49|24|E|}}. Located about 8 km to the [[West southwest#Compass point names|WSW]] of Ukatny's southern tip.<ref>[http://www.geonames.org/advanced-search.html?q=ostrov&continentCode=AS&startRow=100 Geonames - Ostrov Zhestky]</ref>
*'''Maly Zhemchuzhny'''. More a sandbank than a proper island.<ref>[http://nmbl.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=185461&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=185917 Increasing the primary production of a bay on Maly Zhemchuzhny Island (North Caspian) by means of mineral fertilizers]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of territorial disputes]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/picture/ships/1370696/8752439/shipid:350202/imo:8752439/mmsi:273435720/vessel:ASTRA Astra - a quiet evening in the Caspian Sea near the island of Ukatny]
*[http://www.ewnc.org/node/3946 КАСПИЙСКИЙ САММИТ НЕ СОСТОЯЛСЯ]
{{Caspian Sea Islands}}

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[[Category:Atyrau Region]]
[[Category:Islands of Astrakhan Oblast]]
[[Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea]]
[[Category:Islands of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan–Russia border]]
[[Category:Territorial disputes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Territorial disputes of Russia]]
[[Category:Disputed islands]]
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