Kura (Caspian Sea) Kura (Caspian Sea) The Kura (; ; , "Mt’k’vari"; , "Kur"; , "Cyrus"; , "Kuruš" ) is an east-flowing river south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains which drains the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus east into the Caspian Sea. It also drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus while its main tributary, the Aras drains the south side of those mountains. Starting in northeastern Turkey, it flows through Turkey to Georgia, then to Azerbaijan, where it receives the Aras as a right tributary, and enters the Caspian Sea at Neftçala. The total length of the river is .
Svinoy, Caspian Sea 1669. The southern bay of the island is an ideal place for underwater archaeology. Svinoy, Caspian Sea Svinoy, Sangi-Mugan Island or Muğan daşı (, Russian: "Ostrov Svinoy"), is an island in the Caspian Sea located south of Baku, Azerbaijan. This island lies south of the Baku Archipelago, 16 km off the shore. Svinoy is about 1 km in length and 0.6 km wide. Although geographically quite far from Baku, This island is considered part of the Baku Archipelago. On Svinoy Island, there is an automatic station for the monitoring of local water pollution. Stenka Razin's Cossacks crushed the fleet of