[:ja]イワン・ワグナー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影した旧ソ連のアゼルバイジャンとアルメニアが領有権を争うナゴルノカラバフのステパナケルトです。9月27日の両国の衝突で、双方の戦闘員と民間人に死者が出たと報道されています。
ナゴルノ・カラバフは、アゼルバイジャンの西部にある地域で、国際的にはアゼルバイジャンの一部とされていますが、アルメニア人が多く居住しており、隣国アルメニアとアゼルバイジャンの対立の火種となっています。1990年代の戦争で推定100万人が避難し、約3万人が死亡しました。1994年に停戦したが、膠着状態は続き、2016年にも軍事衝突があり、2020年7月以降は断続的に軍事衝突が起きています。
地理的には、アルメニア高原の東端に位置し、3000メートル級の山地に囲まれ、標高1000〜2000メートルの高地にあります。クラ川やアラクス川の流域を見下ろす地である。森林に恵まれ、高地には高山性植物が群生しています。ちなみに、「ナゴルノ・カラバフ」という呼称は、カラバフ地方の東部山岳地方に対してロシア語で「ナゴールヌィ・カラバフ」（Нагорный Карабах, 高地カラバフ）と名付けられたことが元になっており、現地のアルメニア語やアゼルバイジャン語には基づいていません。
地上の様子はこちらです。
Credit: BBC
参考文献： Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1124: Nagorno-Karabakh
Astronaut Ivan Vagner captured from ISS Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. On Sept. 27, it was reported heavy fighting has erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with both civilians and combatants killed.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Zangezur, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is mostly mountainous and forested. Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed territory, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but mostly governed by the Republic of Artsakh (formerly named Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), a de facto independent state with an Armenian ethnic majority established on the basis of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Since the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994, representatives of the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group on the region’s disputed status.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Credit: BBC
Reference: Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1124: Nagorno-Karabakh
Astronaut Ivan Vagner captured from ISS Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. On Sept. 27, it was reported heavy fighting has erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with both civilians and combatants killed.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Zangezur, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is mostly mountainous and forested. Nagorno-Karabakh is a disputed territory, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but mostly governed by the Republic of Artsakh (formerly named Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), a de facto independent state with an Armenian ethnic majority established on the basis of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Since the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994, representatives of the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group on the region’s disputed status.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Credit: BBC
Reference: Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]