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Svinoy (Caspian Sea)

island in Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ4416106 ↗
Source-derived summary

Svinoy, Sangi-Mugan Island or Muğan daşı (Azerbaijani: Səngi Muğan, Russian: Ostrov Svinoy), is an island in the Caspian Sea located south of Baku, Azerbaijan.

Geography

This island lies south of the Baku Archipelago, 16 km off the shore. Svinoy is about 1 km in length and 0.6 km wide. Although geographically quite far from Baku, This island is considered part of the Baku Archipelago.

On Svinoy Island, there is an automatic station for the monitoring of local water pollution.

History

Stenka Razin's Cossacks crushed the fleet of the Safavid Shah Suleiman I of Persia in the waters off Svinoy Island in 1669.

The southern bay of the island is an ideal place for underwater archaeology.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Svinoy (Caspian Sea)” as island in Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Svinoy, Caspian and island.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1669—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Svinoy, Caspian and island providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Svinoy (Caspian Sea)”, the useful work is to connect “island in Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4416106. Authority coordinates are 39.757, 49.583. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1669.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from “Svinoy (Caspian Sea)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.