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Bely Island

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BELY ISLAND, artificial island at the mouth of the Bolshaya Neva River. It was built by reclaiming the so-called Bely Shoal in the mid-20th century. It is 55 hectares in area, one kilometre long, and 600 metres wide. It stretches parallel to Kanonersky Island with a bridge among them. In Bely Island, there is the Central Aeration Station.

Е. А. Bondarchuk, P. Y. Yudin.

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Bely Island/Saint Petersburg, city

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Aeration Stations