Kendirli Bay

{{Short description|Bay of the Caspian Sea}}

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The Kendirli Bay ({{langx|kk|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.

File:Kara-Bogaz Gol from space, September 1995.jpg

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,[https://astanatimes.com/2021/04/studying-the-caspian-seals-is-magic-for-me-says-kazakh-ecologist-assel-baimukanova/ Studying the Caspian Seals is Magic for Me, Says Kazakh Ecologist Assel Baimukanova] and the Nature Reserve for Conservation of the Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica).[http://kaspika.org/en/tag/the-kendirli-bay/ the Kendirli Bay]