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Kaydak Bay

Kaydak Bay is a 15 km wide salt marsh extending for over 100 km along the Buzachi Peninsula’s east coast. A 1–2 metre high depositional bar separates the bay from the Caspian Sea, both of which lie 30 m below sea level. From time to time the sea breaches the bar and floods the bay as far south as the Mangystau Mountains.

Kaydak Bay with pink waters.
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)
Kaydak Bay and Dead Kultuk from space
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)
Space photo of Kaydak Bay's southern end with water.
The southernmost extent of Kaydak Bay. Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)
A dried-up Kaydak Bay showing salt flats.
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)
Kaydak Bay in winter with snow covering the land.
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)
High shot from space showing Kaydak Bay, Dead Kultuk and Buzachi Peninsula.
Kaydak Bay leading into the shallow waters of Dead Kultuk and the Durnev Islands off the Buzachi Peninsula north coast. Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

Depending on salinity, organisms, and water temperature, the marsh’s colours vary from grey and brown to pink and light green. Running along the bay’s east side, from Kizyl-Bas / Say-Utes settlement to southern Beyneu is the 200 km long Western Chink Ustyurt. Some sections of the cliff line rise more than 200m above Kaydak offering stunning views—New Alexander Fort is located here too. By comparison, the west side rises only 10m above the bay and marks the beginning of the Buzachi Peninsula’s deserts too.

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Coordinates:

  • Kaydak Bay (RUS—Залив Кайдак): 44.90868278238246, 53.56212030213025
  • Beyneu (RUS—Бейнеу): 45.341221467038785, 55.17981340703657
  • Kizyl-Bas/Say-Utes: (KAZ—Қызыл-Бас / Сай-Утес): 44.10611506736469, 53.20010426441373

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