Absheron National Park

Coastal national park established 2005 (on the base of the 1969 Absheron State Nature Preserve) on the south-eastern tip of the Absheron Peninsula near Baku (Khazar district), bordering the Caspian Sea. It was created to protect gazelles, Caspian seals and waterbirds, and its management covers the adjacent Caspian waters. As a state national park it falls outside areas usable for sport and leisure fish hunting under Article 11 of the Law on Fishing.