Stretching over 745 miles (1,200 km) from north to south and spanning a surface area of approximately 143,200 square miles (371,000 square km), the Caspian Sea holds the title of the world's ...

off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images taken with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2 instruments on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part ...

A rare 'ghost island' appeared and quickly disappeared in the Caspian Sea after the eruption of Kumani ... and sediments to the surface. The eruption created a temporary island.

for a number of mud volcanoes in the Caspian Sea area. They focused on two mud volcanoes in particular, one on land (Fig. 1a) and one on the sea floor. The caldera of the volcano on land is just ...

All sought to gain national control over a maximum seabed area, hoping to secure access to offshore oil and gas deposits. The 2018 Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, although a ...

The landmass emerged from the Caspian Sea after ... the sea surface. By February 14, 2023, an island had appeared, and a sediment plume drifted away from it. The "ghost island" area off the ...

Russia and Iran plan to develop cooperation in the Caspian Sea water area, the two sides stated at bilateral consultations that were held in Moscow Thursday. The Russian delegation was led by ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian ... sea level, with no discernable land peeking out from the water. But following an eruption in early 2023, an island materializes at the surface ...

The landmass emerged from the Caspian Sea after a mud volcano erupted ... when the crest of the volcano remained below the sea surface. By February 14, 2023, an island had appeared, and a sediment ...