Dzharylgach

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Dzharylgach is an island in Kherson Oblast near Crimea, Ukraine.

Its area of 56 square km and length of 42 km make it the Black Sea's biggest island, located at the Karkinit Bay. It has clean sandy beaches and mineral springs. In the middle of the island there is a fresh water spring, and more than four hundred small salty lakes are scattered all over its territory. The unique flora and fauna of Dzharylgach have been well preserved. It is a habitat for wild boars, deer, moufflons, as well as numerous seagulls and cormorants hunting crabs, rapa whelks and shrimp.

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Coordinates: 46°01′N 33°00′E / 46.02°N 33.0°E / 46.02; 33.0


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