Aktau is a city in Kazakhstan and a seaport to the Caspian Sea. Aktau is located at latitude 43° 52′ 0″ N 51° 6′ 0″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=43_52_0_N_51_6_0_E_). Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ... Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ...

In 1964, Aktau's name was changed to Shevchenko to honour the poet Taras Shevchenko, but the city was once again renamed to Aktau in 1992 after Kazakhstan gained its independence from the USSR. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-20, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Taras Shevchenko, self portrait Taras Hryhorovich Shevchenko, Тарас Григорович Шевченко (March 9, 1814 - March 10, 1861), Ukrainian poet, artist, and humanist. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Aktau used to be the site of a nuclear power station. The so-called "BN-350" went in Operation 1973. Operation was stopped 1999. BN-350 was used for breading Plutonium and for the production of energy to desalt water of the Caspic Sea.

Because Aktau was first a military city its streets have no names and all addresses in Aktau consist of three numbers: the block number, the building number and the apartment/suite/room number.