| Kendirli Bay | |
|---|---|
| Кендірлі (Kazakh) | |
  Kendirli Bay | |
| Location |  Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates | 42°40′57″N 52°41′42″E / 42.68250°N 52.69500°E / 42.68250; 52.69500 |
| Surface area | 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi) |
The Kendirli Bay (Kazakh: Кендірлі шығанағы; also transliteratd from Russian sources as Kenderli Bay) is a bay of the southeastern Caspian Sea in the territory of Karakiya District, Kazakhstan, north of the Garabogazköl lagoon. Its northernshore is on the Mangyshlak Peninsula.
It features the Kendirli Spit. Populated places: Aksu, Fetisovo.
On its islands and on the spit there is the only habitat of the Caspian seal in the mid-Caspian Sea, and the Nature Reserve for Conservation of the Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica).
References
- Studying the Caspian Seals is Magic for Me, Says Kazakh Ecologist Assel Baimukanova
- the Kendirli Bay