Anzali Lagoon

37°28′16″N 49°27′44″E / 37.47111°N 49.46222°E / 37.47111; 49.46222

Designations
Official nameAnzali Wetland Complex
Designated23 June 1975
Reference no.40[1]
Anzali Lagoon

Anzali Lagoon (Gilaki: اٚنزٚلي سٚل Persian: تالاب انزلی) (also Anzali Mordab, Anzali Bay, Pahlavi Mordab, Pahlavi Bay or Anzali Liman)[2] is a coastal liman, or lagoon, in the Caspian Sea near Bandar-e Anzali, in the northern Iranian province of Gilan. The lagoon divides Bandar-e Anzali into two parts, and is home to both the Selke Wildlife Refuge and the Siahkesheem Marsh.[3]

  1. ^ "Anzali Wetland Complex". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Holčik, Juraj and Oláh, János (1992) "Introduction" Fish, Fisheries and Water Quality in Anzali Lagoon and Its Watershed Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, accessed 29 November 2008
  3. ^ "IR016: Anzali Mordab complex" Birdand International, accessed 29 November 2008