Dzharylhach ( Cyrillic: Джарилгач, also spelled as Dzharylgach) is a sand bank in

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, Kherson Oblast near

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. Along with the Tendra island that lies to the west, in the past it was a spit that Greeks called "Course of Achilles".The Geography of Strabo
/ref> To the west it stretches as a spit and as a shoal, which sometimes dries up, and connects to the continental portion of Kherson Oblast near the town of Lazurne. The wider portion used to be called Tamyraca. It was named after an ancient town of Tamyraca located on the continent across the bay. Across from the island over the Dzharylhach Bay is the city of

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. Dzharylhach and its bay is part of the Dzharylhak National Nature Park. Its area of 56 square km and length of 42 km make it the

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's biggest sand bank, located at the Karkinit Bay. The island 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 Dzharylhach have been well preserved. It is a habitat for wild boars, deer,

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, as well as numerous seagulls and cormorant, hunting crabs, raps

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and shrimp.

Gallery

File:Djarylgac.jpg, Dzharylhach beach line File:Джарилгач3.JPG, Mass grave of Soviet soldiers File:Dzharylhach 2013-08.jpg, Beach resort with a pier (2013) File:Djarylgac-2013-3.JPG, "Turtle beach" (2013) File:Djarylgac old majak.jpg, Old lighthouse File:Djarylgac majac.jpg, Another beach with two lighthouse in the background, old and new (2012) File:Одеська та Миколаївська губернії 1922.jpg, Map of Southern Ukraine before the

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where Dzharylhach is a spit (sandbar), not an island

References

zatyshny.com.ua

Geography of Kherson Oblast Islands of Ukraine Islands of the Black Sea Skadovsk Raion Spits of Ukraine Spits of the Black Sea {{Kherson-geo-stub