The Kendirli Bay (Kazakh: 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.
| Kendirli Bay | |
|---|---|
| Кендірлі (Kazakh) | |
  Kendirli Bay | |
| Location |  Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates | 42°40′57″N 52°41′42″E / 42.68250°N 52.69500°E |
| Surface area | 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi) |
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,[1] and the Nature Reserve for Conservation of the Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica).[2]