Tendra Spit
Appearance
Native name: Тендрівська коса | |
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Geography | |
Coordinates | 46°14′24″N 31°37′48″E / 46.24000°N 31.63000°E |
Adjacent to | Black Sea, Gulf of Tendra |
Area | 12.89 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
Length | 65 km (40.4 mi) |
Width | 1.8 km (1.12 mi) |
Administration | |
Ukraine (occupied by Russia) | |
Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
Raion | Skadovsk Raion |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited (2001)2001 Ukrainian Census |
Additional information | |
Tendra Spit is a sandbar in the Black Sea near the coast of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.
The island serves as a separation of the Gulf of Tendra from the Black Sea and is located at the southern and western part of the bay. In the west the island has a spit Bili Kuchuhury which, stretching east through the Gulf of Tendra as a shoal, reaches the Yahorlyk Kut peninsula. Bili Kuchuhury has the Bili Kuchuhury Lighthouse.
Tendra Lighthouse is also on the island.
See also
External links
- Tendra Spit at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Photos of Tendra Spit at May 2016