Dead Kultuk (the former Tsesarevich’s Gulf and Komsomolets’s Gulf) is a former gulf off the northeastern shore of the Caspian Sea , now spilling into the Kaydak Gulf. Located in the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan .
| Dead Kultuk | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Upstream water area | Caspian Sea |
| A country |
|
| Region | Mangistau region |
In the process of lowering the water level in the Caspian Sea in the middle of the 20th century, a large part of the bay turned into an extensive litter (salt marsh) , the area decreased from 15 thousand km² to 500 km², the depth did not exceed 1 m.
Currently, the water level in the Caspian Sea is rising, so the Dead Kultuk is increasing, and the once-drying Kaydak Bay is again filled with water.
In the northern part of the litter is the eponymous oil field .
Topographic maps
Links
- Dead Kultuk - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .