It is located 20 km east of Krainovka right off the headland on the northern tip of the Agrakhan Peninsula.

According to the Russian geographer and military man, the Chechens were previously settled up to the sea.

[4] German explorer Samuel Gmelin, who visited the area up until 1774, mentions how Chechens would go fishing on the island.

[5]In the morning of the tenth day of the month at about 7 o'clock we left for the island of Chechen'.

[9] In very cold winters herds of Saiga tatarica find refuge in the island.