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Vozrozhdeniya Penninsula
{{mergefrom|Vozrozhdeniye Island}}⏎
[[Image:Vozrozhdeniya Island.jpg|thumb|225px|Vozrozhdeniya Island from space, November 1994]]
[[Image:Vozrozhdeniya-topo.jpg|thumb|225px|Vozrozhdeniya Island topographic map, 1984]]

'''Vozrozhdeniya Island''' also known as '''Renaissance Island''' ([[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] '''Tiklanish orollari'''; [[Russian language|Russian]] Остров Возрождения) is a former island, now a [[peninsula]], in the [[Aral Sea]].  It became a peninsula in [[2002]], due to ongoing shrinkage of the Aral Sea. [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=4343] It is now shared by [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Uzbekistan]].

(contracted; show full) the spores were not properly stored or destroyed, and over the last decade many of the containers have developed leaks. As the Aral Sea continues to recede, the area will eventually connect further with the surrounding land. Many scientists fear that [[reptiles]], including [[snakes]], will move to the surrounding land and eventually carry these deadly biological agents out.

The Pentagon sent a team of 113 people to the island to neutralize between 100 and 200 tons of anthrax in [[2002]]. 

==See also==

*[[Kantubek]]

==References==
*[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5108 Rebirth Island joins the mainland]
*[http://www.nasa.gov National Aeronautics and Space Administration]⏎
* [http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/programs/dc/briefs/011802.htm Biological Decontamination of Vozrozhdeniye Island: The U.S.-Uzbek Agreement]
* [http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/opapers/op1/op1.htm Former Soviet Biological Weapons Facilities in Kazakhstan: Past, Present, and Future]

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[[Category:Geography of Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Geography of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Islands]]
[[Category:Aral Sea]]
[[Category:Military of the Soviet Union]]

[[de:Insel der Wiedergeburt]]
[[ja:ヴォズロジデニヤ島]]
[[ro:Insula Renaşterii]]
[[ru:Остров Возрождения]]

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{{Uzbekistan-geo-stub}}