Barsa-Kelmes Island in Uzbekistan

Barsa-Kelmes Island, Uzbekistan

Barsa-Kelmes - "the land of no return" is a former island, the largest in the Aral Sea.

Its area was 133 km² in the 1980s, but as the sea became more shallow it steadily grew, until in the 1990s it ceased to be an island. Its highest altitude is 113 m.