Batkachny Island
# Batkachny Island

Batkachny Island (Russian: Баткачный) is an island in the Caspian Sea. It is located right off the mouths of the Volga in an area where there are many delta islands.

Batkachny Island has a very twisted shape, with many headlands and inlets. It is separated from the coast by a 1 km wide channel. It has a length of almost 30 km and a maximum width of 10 km.

## Adjacent Islands

* Sedmoy Island (Ostrov Sed'moy) 45°47′N 48°32′E﻿ / ﻿45.783°N 48.533°E﻿ / 45.783; 48.533 lies about 7 km to the NE.
* Nizhny Island (Ostrov Nizhny), also known as 'Nizhny Oseredok' 45°43′N 48°30′E﻿ / ﻿45.717°N 48.500°E﻿ / 45.717; 48.500 lies right east of Batkachny Island's eastern coast, separated from it by a channel that has an average width of 1 km.
* Maly Setnoy Island (Ostrov Malyy Setnoy)45°41′N 48°39′E﻿ / ﻿45.683°N 48.650°E﻿ / 45.683; 48.650 lies 10 km to the east of Batkachny.
* Morskoy Setnoy Island (Ostrov Morskoy Setnoy) lies 15 km to the east, beyond Malyy Setnoy.
* Other nearby islands include Ostrov Zelenen'ky and Ostrov Zelyony

Administratively Batkachny and its neighboring islands belong to the Astrakhan Oblast of the Russian Federation.

