GEOGRAPHIC STUDY ARAL SEA AREA, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Page Count: 43
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: June 1, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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June 1962
GEOGRAPHIC STUDY
USSR
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Declass Review by NIMA / DoD
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
GEOGRAPHIC STUDY
ARAL- SEA AREA, USSR
NPIC/R-1023/62
June 1962
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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This photographic interpretation report was prepared by Army, Navy,
Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency analysts of the National Photog-
raphic Interpretation Center in response to a Scientific Intelligence Com-
mittee requirement.
Usable photographic coverage of the Aral ea is restricte to approxi-
inately the northern half of the Aral Sea and adjacent shoreline areas.
Cloud cover and lapses of photography preclude detailed interpretation
of certain areas within this general coverage.
It should be noted that the map of the Aral Sea area (Figure 2) in
this report is a composite drawing constructed from several maps and
includes corrections from aerial photography. Many place names on this
map have been obtained from collateral sources and will not appear on
standard maps of the Aral Sea area.
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SUMMARY ..................................... I
INTRODUCTION ................................. I
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ARAL SEA AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Possible Military Installation at Zhelgy Zagem . . . . . . . . . 6
Possible Military Installation Southwest of Aral'sk . . . . . . . 6
Possible Police Posts at Kazalinsk and Novo-Kazalinsk . . . . 7
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Air ....................................... 8
Sea ....................................... 8
Rail ...................................... 23
Road ...................................... 24
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Vozrozhdeniya Island-Aral'sk Microwave Link . . . . . . . . . . 25
Aktyubinsk-Tashkent Microwave Link . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 25
Radio Communications at Aral'sk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 27
FISHERIES ..................................... 28
Fishing Villages .............................. 28
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Fishing Installations on the Aral Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 32
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i. a rc 1. Location of the A rat Sea , . , , . . .
ire 2. Map of Aral Sea Area .
i;_rure 3. L,ocationS; of 1'o,~-sibl.e l\/lilit~iry nstallat_ionL
in the Ar:ni Sra Area h
I i -;iire 4, Possible Mi.itarv Insta Nation a `,helgy y laQ,em
i_r rc Locati )n of \ir I ransDort lb'a( lities within
1,50 ain kadiu-, of Aral S 'a Cuast . , . .
;Are O. Aral`sk llarl:)or . . . .. . . . . . . . . . , . 15
' u re . [Tic All;xande r Nevskiy . . . . . . . . .. , . . . . . . , . 23
is urc 8. Locations of Probable