Barkhan Бархан Alternate names Vozrozhdeniya (US) Location 305 km N Nukus Country UZ Coordinates 45° 9.5' N 59° 17.8' E (45.1583,59.2967) Elevation 76 m (249 ft) Runway 2850x80 m (9350x262 ft) 005-185°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units Military Comments and history This Aral Sea island was a biowarfare laboratory starting in 1948-49. The runway was expanded in 1980. The facility was closed in 1991 and is now abandoned. Russian documents indicate that plague and anthrax was developed here. The island is rapidly growing due to diminishing lake levels.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=45.1583,59.2967&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.1583,59.2967&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=45.1583,59.2967 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.1583,59.2967&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=45.1583,59.2967 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=45.1583&lon=59.2967&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=45.1583_N_59.2967_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved