Barsakelmes

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Fragment of a map of the Aral Sea from 1853. The position of the island is marked with a red arrow.

Barsakelmes was an island in Kazakhstan until 1995/96 , in the eastern part of the Great Aral Sea , which was created after the original Aral was divided into the Small Aral Sea and the Great Aral Sea .

history

When the Aral Sea dried up, it became a peninsula in 1995/96 . In summer 2009 the lake around the Barsakelmes area dried up so badly that the former island finally became part of the mainland. It is therefore no longer a recognizable feature of the landscape. The arid areas around Barsakelmes are protected by the government of Kazakhstan through the Barsa-Kelmes nature reserve .

Web links

• Barsakelmes on the UNESCO site
• Nature Conservation in the Aral Sea Region: Barsa-Kelmes as an Example at Springer

Coordinates: 45 ° 38 '  N , 59 ° 54'  E