Binagadi asphalt lake

The Binagady locality (Binəqədi) is on the crest of a hill southeast of the settlement of Binagady, and north of Baku. The coast at its closest is to the south and to the north. The bone-bearing area comprises approximately and is located on a hilltop near the Kyrrar hill. The area is above present sea level, and above the level of Lake Boyukshor. An ancient mud volcano (Kichik-Dag) lies north of the fossiliferous area; further to the north is the meridionally elongated, saline Lake Masazyr (Mirdalyabi) and to the northeast Lake Binagady. To the east is the saline depression Kariatakh-Shor, beyond which rises the Balakhany Plateau. Extending from the Binagady hill are oil-bearing Salinas and the saline Lake Beyuk-Shor, which stretches far to the southeast. ==Discovery and first excavations==

In the 1930s, paleontological excavations and scientific research at this site were conducted by Professor Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachev. The excavations continued until 1941 with the participation of Kasabova and Sultanov and were resumed in 1946 under the supervision of Burchak-Abramovich. ==Natural-Historical Museum==

'' (Pleistocene), which was found in Binagadi asphalt lake. Natural-Historical Museum after Hasan bey Zardabi. Baku The Binagadi fauna and flora deposit has been suggested to be richer by number of Quaternary animal fossil than the Californian La Brea Tar Pits. The Binagadi deposit is important in studying the paleobiology of entire Caucasus, Middle East, and the European part of NIS countries. ==References==

Books: • Bogachev V. V. Binagady: Cemetery of Quaternary Fauna on the Absheron Peninsula. Baku: Publishing House of the AzFAN USSR, 1939. 84 p. • Bogachev V. V. Pictures of the Primitive Nature of Absheron (Binagady). Baku: Publishing House of the AzFAN USSR, 1940. 114 p. • Jafarov R. D. Binagady Rhinoceros. - Transactions of the Natural History Museum named after G. Zardabi. - Baku: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1960. - 99 p. Articles: • Bogachev V. V. Remains of a Rhinoceros in the Layers of the Baku Stage // Azerbaijan Oil Industry. 1925. No. 12. Pp. 88-89. • Bogachev V. V. New data on the flora and fauna of the Binagadi Kirov deposit // Bulletin of the Azerbaijan branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1939. No. 6. Pp. 91-99. • Bogachev V. V. Study of the Quaternary (Binagadi) fauna of the Absheron Peninsula // Bulletin of the Azerbaijan branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1940. No. 5. Pp. 69-71. • Bogachev V. V. New finds of the Quaternary fauna on Absheron // Priroda. 1944. No. 2. Pp. 68-71. • == External links ==