Spits ({{langx, uk, Коси, Kosy),{{efn, Коси is the

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Ukrainian word for spit. The

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word for spit is Коса ({{transliteration, uk, ukrainian, Kosa). also called sandspits, are long, narrow

coastal landforms A coast (coastline, shoreline, seashore) is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic erosion, su ...

that resemble

sandbars In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or ...

or embankments and protrude into a body of water from a

headland A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...

. Spits are formed by the process of

longshore drift Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming w ...

, in which waves impact the headland at a sharp angle, depositing sediment and causing the water's currents to transport the sediment down the beach, allowing it to accumulate in the area of the spit. Through the process of

wave shoaling In fluid dynamics, wave shoaling is the effect by which ocean surface waves, surface waves, entering shallower water, change in wave height. It is caused by the fact that the group velocity, which is also the wave-energy transport velocity, decr ...

, this accumulated sediment becomes increasingly curved, resembling the appearance of a

fish hook A fish hook or fishhook, formerly also called an angle (from Old English ''angol'' and Proto-Germanic ''*angulaz''), is a hook used to catch fish either by piercing and embedding onto the inside of the fish mouth (angling) or, more rarely, by i ...

as the waves

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around the spit's end. Often

lagoons A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into '' coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...

estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

, and

salt marsh A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. I ...

es will form near spits. Numerous spits are located across the territory of Ukraine, including on the

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and

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

's coasts as well as on the shores of major rivers. Due to natural and artificial changes, a number of islands in the country have become geographic spits as the straits separating them from the mainland have been filled, such as following the start of the full-scale

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when Russian troops connected the then-largest island in Ukraine, Dzharylhach, to the mainland.{{efn, name=Dzharylhach Spit, Russian troops filled in with sand the strait separating Dzharylhach from the mainland in May 2023, making it a geographic spit.{{Cite web , date=19 May 2023 , script-title=uk:Росіяни з'єднали Джарилгач з окупованою частиною Херсонської області, - Генштаб , trans-title=The Russians connected Dzharylhach with the occupied part of Kherson Oblast, - General Staff , url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/rosiyani-z-ednali-dzharilgach-okupovanoyu-1684511879.html , access-date=1 October 2024 , website=

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, language=en Before the strait was filled, Dzharylhach had been the largest island by area in Ukraine.{{Cite web , year=2018 , script-title=uk:Джарилгач - острів, створений богинею , trans-title=Dzharylhach - an island created by a goddess , url=https://kpi.ua/ru/dzharylhach , access-date=15 June 2025 , website=

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, language=uk , archive-date=24 April 2025 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424201658/https://kpi.ua/ru/dzharylhach , url-status=live There are also some geographic features that alternate in their classification as an island or as a spit based on variable weather and sea conditions, most notably Byriuchyi Island, which typically becomes an island in the

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months when its narrow

isthmus An isthmus (; : isthmuses or isthmi) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea count ...

connection to the mainland is flooded by higher

tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables ...

s. In addition, there are several landforms commonly referred to as spits which have different geographical definitions, such as

Tendra Spit The Tendra Spit or Island of Tendra is a sandbar in the Black Sea and part of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine. The island separates the Gulf of Tendra from the Black Sea and is located at the southern and western part of the bay. In the west the isla ...

in western

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, which is separated from the mainland by a

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, making it an

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; and Katranska Spit in southern

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, which is fully connected from both ends to the mainland, making it an

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, year=1903 , edition=1st , volume=1 , location=London , language=en , translator-last1=Hamilton , translator-first1=Hans Claude , chapter=Getæ III , quote="The western part of this strip of land he Course of Achillesis known as the Island of Tendra, because it is separated by a cut. The eastern part of the strip is called Djarilgatch" , access-date=2 October 2024 , translator-last2=Falconer , translator-first2=William , translator-link2=William Falconer (translator) , chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjIzAAAAYAAJ&dq=Tamyraca&pg=PA473{{Cite web , last1=Pyatkova , first1=A.V. , date=1 January 2023 , script-title=uk:Острів , trans-title=Island , url=https://esu.com.ua/article-77522 , access-date=14 October 2024 , website=

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, language=uk , archive-date=27 November 2024 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127054338/https://esu.com.ua/article-77522 , url-status=live Some spits, such as {{ill, Berdiansk Spit, uk, Бердянська коса, have additional smaller spits that extend out from its main area; these smaller sub-spits are generally considered as part of the larger spit's land. Historically, in

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, Tendra Spit and Dzharylhach both connected to the mainland coast to form a single, continuous spit called the ''Course of Achilles''.{{efn, Also called ''Dromos Achilles'' (''Achilles' Drome'').{{Cite book , last1=Falconer , first1=William , title=The Geography of Strabo , title-link=Geographica , last2=Strabo , author-link2=Strabo , publisher=

, year=1903 , edition=1st , volume=1 , location=London , language=en , translator-last1=Hamilton , translator-first1=Hans Claude , chapter=Getæ III , quote="Then we arrive at the Course of Achilles, a low peninsula; for it is a certain tongue of land about a thousand stadia in length, running out towards the east, and its width is but two stadia in the broadest part, and but four plethra in the narrowest. It is distant from the main-land, which runs out on both sides of the neck, about 60 stadia." , access-date=2 October 2024 , translator-last2=Falconer , translator-first2=William , translator-link2=William Falconer (translator) , chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjIzAAAAYAAJ&dq=Tamyraca&pg=PA473 Based on the combined current land areas of Tendra Spit and Dzharylhach as well as historical records, the ''Course of Achilles'' would have had a total area of between approximately {{convert, 68.94, km2, sqmi, abbr=on{{efn, The approximate minimum area of {{convert, 68.89, km2, km2, disp=out, abbr=on is calculated by the addition of the modern-day areas of Tendra Spit ({{convert, 12.89, km2, km2, disp=out, abbr=on){{citation needed, date=August 2024 and Dzharylhach ({{convert, 56.05, km2, km2, disp=out, abbr=on). and {{convert, 315.4, km2, sqmi, abbr=on,{{efn, According to

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'', between the

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and early

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, the ''Course of Achilles'' had a length of 1,000 stadia and a width between four plethra (an

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unit smaller than stadia) and two stadia, which would have equated to an absolute maximum calculated area of approximately {{convert, 315.4, km2, sqmi, abbr=on. making it one of the largest spits in Ukraine at that time. Another former smaller spit was {{ill, Seribna Spit, uk, Серібна коса, which was historically located at the

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of the

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and

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s;{{efn, Seribna Spit was recorded by Ukrainian academic

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as being downstream from the small islands of {{ill, Shevsky Island, uk, Шевський острів, lt=Shevsky ({{langx, uk, Шевський) and Hryniv ({{langx, uk, label=none, Гринів) on the

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of the Dnipro and opposite from the large {{ill, Stanovy Island, uk, Становий острів ({{langx, uk, label=none, Становий острів, Stanovyi ostriv) located on the river's

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.{{Cite book , last1=Yavornytsky , first1=Dmytro Ivanovych , author-link1=Dmytro Yavornytsky , year=1928 , script-title=uk:Дніпрові пороги , trans-title=Dnipro Rapids , url=https://zp.gov.ua/upload/editor/yavornickij_d-_dniprovi_porogi-_1928.pdf , publication-place=

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

, access-date=2 February 2025 , at= zp.gov.ua , language=uk , archive-date=23 November 2021 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123153636/https://zp.gov.ua/upload/editor/yavornickij_d-_dniprovi_porogi-_1928.pdf , url-status=live Due to the flooding of these islands together with the spit by the creation of the Dnipro Reservoir, the precise location of the spit is uncertain.{{citation needed, date=February 2025 it became almost entirely submerged by the Dnipro Reservoir after the Dnipro dam's construction. The largest spit in Ukraine currently and the longest spit in the world is the

Arabat Spit The Arabat Spit (; ; ) or Arabat Arrow is a spit (landform), barrier spit that separates the large, shallow, salty Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. The spit runs between the Henichesk Strait in the north and the north-eastern shores of Crim ...

, which separates the western parts of the Sea of Azov from the

Syvash The Syvash or Sivash ( Russian and Ukrainian: ; , Cyrillic: Сываш, "dirt"), also known as the or (, ''Gniloye More''; , ''Hnyle More''; ), is a large area of shallow lagoons on the western edge of the Sea of Azov. Separated from the sea ...

, a large area of salty, shallow

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.{{Cite web , last=Aristov , first=M.V. , date=11 October 2020 , script-title=uk:Арабатська стрілка , trans-title=Arabat Spit , url=https://vue.gov.ua/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0 , access-date=16 August 2024 , website= vue.gov.ua , publisher= State Research Institution "Encyclopedia Press" , language=uk Since the Russian occupation of much of Ukraine's coastlines, many spits and other landforms under Russian control have experienced significant damage or artificial alterations.{{Cite web , date=8 November 2023 , title=Russians destroy most valuable part of Dzharylhach Island , url=https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/russians-destroy-most-valuable-part-of-dzharylhach-island/ , access-date=2 February 2025 , website= Ukrainian World Congress , language=en

Political status

Following the Russian occupation and annexation of Crimea in 2014, the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a ''de jure'' administrative division of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,Arabat Spit The Arabat Spit (; ; ) or Arabat Arrow is a spit (landform), barrier spit that separates the large, shallow, salty Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. The spit runs between the Henichesk Strait in the north and the north-eastern shores of Crim ...

, as well as additional smaller spits located on the Crimean peninsula, came under the control of Russian forces, who '' de facto'' administered the territory as part of the unrecognized Russian Republic of Crimea.{{Cite web , script-title=uk:Про затвердження Переліку територій, на яких ведуться (велися) бойові дії або тимчасово окупованих Російською Федерацією , trans-title=On Approval of the List of Territories in which Military Operations are Conducted (Were Conducted) or Temporarily Occupied by the Russian Federation , url=https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523220315/https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/RE39004?an=12156 , archive-date=23 May 2024 , access-date=20 May 2024 , website=ips.ligazakon.net Parts of the small, northern segment of the spit administratively located in

, including the village of Strilkove, were also briefly occupied by unmarked Russian soldiers beginning from 15 March before their withdrawal on 9 December 2014. After the

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, the Kryva Spit located in

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was also occupied in 2014, with pro-Russian militants taking the spit's area and neighboring settlement of Siedove.{{Cite web , date=7 February 2019 , script-title=uk:Про межі та перелік районів, міст, селищ і сіл, частин їх територій, тимчасово окупованих у Донецькій та Луганській областях , trans-title=About the boundaries and list of raions, cities, settlements and villages, parts of their territories temporarily occupied in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts , url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/32/2019 , access-date=20 May 2024 , website= Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine , language=uk , archive-date=26 May 2024 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526024225/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/32/2019#Text , url-status=live {{Cite web , last=Gormezano , first=David , date=4 August 2024 , title=In Ukraine's Donbas, ten years of war and Russification , url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240408-ukraine-donbas-ten-years-of-war-russification-russia-donetsk-luhansk , access-date=4 August 2024 , website=

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, language=en , archive-date=4 August 2024 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804095940/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240408-ukraine-donbas-ten-years-of-war-russification-russia-donetsk-luhansk , url-status=live From the withdrawal of the Russian troops in December until the full-scale

on 24 February 2022, the northern parts of the Arabat Spit were amongst the few areas geographically part of the

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that stayed under the control of Ukrainian authorities,{{Full citation needed, date=August 2024 while the Kryva Spit remained under the control of separatist forces as part of the Russian-backed

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. After the start of the full-scale invasion, the remaining northern segment of the Arabat Spit as well as the rest of Ukraine's Azov Sea coastline (including the five spits still under the control of Ukrainian authorities before 2022), were occupied by Russian forces. In addition, following their offensive into and occupation of Kherson Oblast, Russian troops also occupied the Kinburn and Bili Kuchuhury spits.{{Cite web , last1=Hird , first1=Karolina , last2=Stepanenko , first2=Kateryna , last3=Clark , first3=Mason , title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 10 , url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-10 , website=

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, date=10 June 2022 , access-date=22 November 2022 , archive-date=13 October 2023 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013040039/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-10 , url-status=live {{Cite web , last=Axe , first=David , author-link=David Axe , date=14 November 2022 , title=A Strategic Strip Of Sand. Rumors Of Ukrainian Raids. As Russian Forces Retreat, Keep An Eye On The Kinburn Spit. , url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/11/14/a-strategic-strip-of-sand-rumors-of-ukrainian-raids-as-russian-forces-retreat-keep-an-eye-on-the-kinburn-spit/?sh=172b9bc9304d , website=

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, access-date=17 November 2022 , url-access=subscription , archive-date=24 November 2022 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124043551/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/11/14/a-strategic-strip-of-sand-rumors-of-ukrainian-raids-as-russian-forces-retreat-keep-an-eye-on-the-kinburn-spit/?sh=172b9bc9304d , url-status=live The occupied spits were all integrated into Russia following its unilateral annexation of separatist-controlled and other Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine on 30 September 2022. Many of Ukraine's spits, including all of its Azov Sea spits, have remained under Russian ''de facto'' control since 2022 while the

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and most of the international community continue to recognize the territories as ''

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Sivash i Strelka.jpg, alt=Aerial photo of Arabat Spit with the Syvash and Crimea in the foreground and the Black Sea in the background,

, the largest spit in Ukraine and one of the largest spits in the world Бакальська коса, 2017 р. 01.jpg, alt=Photo of Bakalska Spit in 2017 looking out towards the Black Sea, {{ill, Bakalska Spit, uk, Бакальська коса on the western coast of

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, url-status=live , access-date=17 June 2025 , language=en , archive-date=21 February 2025 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221215357/https://earth.google.com/web/search/Bakal%CA%B9s%CA%B9ka+Kosa/@45.76729774,33.1915142,-4.22456088a,14210.91672541d,35y,360h,0t,0r/data=CoABGlISTAolMHg0MGMxYWYxMjk4YTdjNDIxOjB4MWI5MmFlMTM1Y2NiOWNlYhmbmOQ20OFGQCET-HlCZZdAQCoRQmFrYWzKuXPKuWthIEtvc2EYAiABIiYKJAkCtCtzKHlHQBG164-H0XNHQBlpmno2rRM_QCE3tHCw_vM-QEICCAE6AwoBMEoNCP___________wEQAA Чоловік та його собака на Косі Стрілки.jpg, alt=Photo of Arrow Spit in 2015 looking east, {{ill, Arrow Spit, uk, Коса Стрілка on the

Tylihul Estuary __NOTOC__ The Tylihul Estuary also called Tylihulskyi lyman () or simply Tiligul is a Ramsar-listed government protected estuary or liman of the Tylihul River. Located in Odesa Oblast in the south of Ukraine, the estuary includes an ornitholog ...

's western shore{{Cite map , author1=((Google)) , author-link1=Google , author2=CNES , author-link2=CNES , author3=Airbus , author-link3=Airbus , author4=Maxar Technologies , author-link4=Maxar Technologies , date=19 March 2020 , title=Kosa Strilka , url=https://earth.google.com/web/search/Kosa+Strilka,+Odesa+Oblast,+Ukraine/@46.92568875,31.01497492,18.20658256a,7335.3868235d,35y,360h,0t,0r/data=CpIBGmQSXgolMHg0MGM2MDFhODMxYzljNzNiOjB4NWFlNTAzZGQ3MjE4YzY0YRmHkKlxJXdHQCEZYgZ0cAA_QCojS29zYSBTdHJpbGthLCBPZGVzYSBPYmxhc3QsIFVrcmFpbmUYAiABIiYKJAlrZL-7WXdHQBEP4fAl8XZHQBlY_0SlpgE_QCHlxMdCOv8-QEICCAE6AwoBMEoNCP___________wEQAA , website=

, url-status=live , access-date=17 June 2025 , language=en Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Федотова коса (1).jpg, alt=Photo of the rural settlement Kyrylivka's beachfront on Fedotova Spit, Kyrylivka's beaches on {{ill, Fedotova Spit, uk, Федотова коса{{Cite web , last1=Myahchenko , first1=O.P. , year=2014 , script-title=uk:Коса Федотова , trans-title=Spit Fedotova , url=https://esu.com.ua/article-5469 , access-date=2 October 2024 , website=

, language=uk {{sticky header {, class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" id="Table of spits" caption="Tabulated list of spits in

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are used; additional common names and transliterations of each spit is indicated, if applicable. !scope="col", Ukrainian name{{efn, Links to the

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articles for each spit, if available !scope="col" style="width: auto",

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{{efn, The object's registration number (its

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) as listed in the official State Register of Geographical Names

maintained by the {{ill, State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, uk, Державна служба України з питань геодезії, картографії та кадастру. !scope="col",

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!scope="col" class="unsortable", Geographic location !scope="col", Water body !scope="col", Area{{efn, Spits without a recorded area are marked with a

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(—). !scope="col", Highest elevation{{efn, Spits without a recorded peak elevation are marked with a

(—). !scope="col" class="unsortable", Coordinates !scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width: 2px;", {{abbr, Refs, References , - !scope="row" align="left", Adzhyholska kosa , Аджигольська коса , align= F-13807 , align=left,

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, {{Cite web , year=2025 , script-title=uk:Фізико-географічні об'єкти України , trans-title=Physical-Geographical Features of Ukraine , url=https://land.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1.3-fizyko-geografichni-obyekty-ukrayiny.pdf , access-date=22 June 2025 , website=land.gov.ua , language=uk , - !scope="row" align="left", Adzhyholska kosa , Аджигольська коса , align= F-13957 , align=left,

Mykolaiv Raion Mykolaiv Raion () is a raions of Ukraine, raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine with a Russian invasion of Ukraine, pre-war population of Its administrative center is the city of Mykolaiv. History In the 19th century, the area belonged t ...

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left",

, Арабатська Стрілка{{efn, The name Арабатська Стрілка ({{transliteration, uk, ukrainian, Arabatska Strilka) translates to Arabat Arrow or Arrow of Arabat. Arabat Spit in Ukrainian is Арабатська Коса ({{transliteration, uk, ukrainian, Arabatska Kosa).{{citation needed, date=October 2024 It is also referred to as Arabatska Spit. , align= F-13370 , align=left,

Kherson Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...

{{efn, Mostly located in the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a ''de jure'' administrative division of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...

.{{citation needed, date=October 2024 , align=left, Separates the

lagoons from the

, align=center,

, align= {{convert, 395, km2, sqmi, abbr=on , align=center, — , align=left, {{coord, 45, 42, 00, N, 35, 00, 00, E, name=Arabat Spit , align=left,
, - !scope="row" align="left", Arrow Spit , Коса Стрілка{{efn, Links to the

page for Arrow Spit

Bird Reserve A bird reserve (also called ornithological reserve) is a wildlife refuge designed to protect bird species. Like other wildlife refuges, the main goal of a reserve is to prevent species from becoming endangered or extinct. Typically, bird species in ...

, which includes the territory of the spit as well as surrounding areas.{{Cite web , date=29 May 2009 , script-title=uk:Наявність землевпорядної документації з установлення меж територій та об’єктів природно-заповідного фонду Одеської області , trans-title=Availability of land management documentation for establishing boundaries, territories and objects of the nature reserve fund of Odesa region , url=http://ecology.odessa.gov.ua/Main.aspx?sect=Page&IDPage=19872&id=280 , access-date=6 September 2024 , website= odessa.gov.ua , language=uk , archive-date=8 July 2012 , archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708020115/http://ecology.odessa.gov.ua/Main.aspx?sect=Page&IDPage=19872&id=280 , url-status=dead{{Cite web , title=Kosa Strilka , url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/161060 , access-date=6 September 2024 , website=

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, publisher=

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, language=en There is currently no separate article on

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for the spit itself. , align= F-45865 , align=left,

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Berezivka Raion Berezivka Raion () is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Berezivka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odesa Oblast was reduc ...

{{efn, The spit borders immediately next to the administrative boundary between

and

, although it is located fully within the territory of Odesa Oblast. , align=left, Located southeast of the nearby village {{ill, Kairy, Berezivka Raion, Odesa Oblast, uk, Каїри (Березівський район), lt=Kairy on the

's western shore, near

Sasyk Lagoon __NOTOC__ Sasyk, or Kunduk (, , ), is a lagoon or liman in southern Ukraine, near the Danube Delta. It is a Ramsar listed wetland site important for migrating, breeding and moulting birds. About 25,000 pairs of wetland birds make their nests ther ...

, align=center,

, align=right data-sort-value="3.94", {{abbr, <, Less than{{convert, 3.94, km2, sqmi, abbr=on{{efn, The protected area of the Arrow Spit Bird Reserve, which includes the Arrow Spit itself and surrounding

wetlands A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

, is {{convert, 3.94, km2, sqmi. The area of the reserve that is geographically part of the spit is not indicated. , align=center, — , align=left, {{coord, 46, 55, 51, N, 31, 00, 04, E, name=Arrow Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Bakalska Spit , Бакальська коса , align= F-13195 , align=left,

, align=left, In the northwestern

, extending from the village {{ill, Sterehushche, uk, Стерегуще and north of {{ill, Bakkal lake, uk, Баккальська бухта , align=center,

, align=right data-sort-value="3.00", {{abbr, <, Less than{{convert, 3, km2, sqmi, abbr=on{{efn, In 2012, an official information board at the

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of the {{ill, Bakalska Spit Regional Landscape Park, uk, Бакальська коса (регіональний ландшафтний парк) listed the spit's area as {{convert, 3, km2, sqmi, abbr=on. After strong storms had passed through the area in 2005 and 2007, part of the spit's northern end was separated by the sea and transformed into an island.{{Cite web , date=1 August 2019 , script-title=uk:Окупанти спровокували в Криму масштабну природну катастрофу , trans-title=The occupiers provoked in Crimea a large-scale natural disaster , url=https://www.unian.ua/ecology/10637793-okupanti-sprovokuvali-v-krimu-masshtabnu-prirodnu-katastrofu.html , access-date=15 September 2024 , website=

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, language=uk{{Cite web , date=30 July 2019 , script-title=ru:Ущерб от добычи песка на исчезающей косе в Крыму составил порядка 16,2 млн рублей , trans-title=Damage from sand mining on a disappearing spit in Crimea amounted to about 16.2 million rubles , url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/6715085 , access-date=15 September 2024 , website=

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, language=ru , archive-date=13 June 2020 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613144357/https://tass.ru/obschestvo/6715085 , url-status=live In April 2008, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources issued a permit for limited commercial

sand mining Sand mining is the extraction of sand, mainly through an open pit (or sand pit) but sometimes mined from beaches and inland dunes or dredged from ocean and river beds. Sand is often used in manufacturing, for example as an abrasive or in conc ...

from the Bakalska sand bank deposit, located {{convert, 7, km, mi, abbr=on outside the borders of the landscape park. Following local concerns of potential damage to the spit caused by the nearby operations as well as illegal sand mining on the spit itself, particularly in 2012,{{Cite web , last=Miroshnychenko , first=Vlad , date=16 March 2020 , script-title=uk:Природа Криму під окупацією. Частина 1 , trans-title=The nature of Crimea under occupation. Part 1 , url=https://www.blackseanews.net/read/161757 , access-date=15 September 2024 , website=blackseanews.net , language=uk , archive-date=13 February 2023 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213144315/https://www.blackseanews.net/read/161757 , url-status=live new laws were drafted in the

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in 2013 to suspend the permit, add additional protections to the spit, and expand the boundaries of the park. After the

Russian occupation of Crimea On 27 February 2014, Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War), unmarked Russian soldiers were deployed to the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula in order to wrest control of it from Ukraine, starting the Russo-Ukrainian War. * * * * * * * This military o ...

in 2014, the proposed law was disregarded by Russian occupation officials who licensed continued sand mining both outside and within the park. Due to the extensive commercial sand extraction since then, the spit's area has increasingly shrunken, with approximately {{convert, 0.145, to(-), 0.15, km2, sqmi, abbr=on of the spit becoming submerged in 2015, and approximately {{convert, 0.33, km2, sqmi, abbr=on of the spit's area being reported as damaged or eroded by 2019. Because of the spit's deterioration, the present day area of the spit is significantly less than the area posted in 2012. , align= {{convert, 1.3, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 45, 46, 00, N, 33, 11, 00, E, name=Bakalska Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Berdiansk Spit{{efn, Also referred to as Berdianska Spit. , Бердянська коса , align= F-13741 , align=left,

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, align=left, South of the city of

Berdiansk Berdiansk or Berdyansk (, ; , ) is a port city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, which is connected to the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Berdiansk Raion. The c ...

, align=center,

, align= {{convert, 7, km2, sqmi, abbr=on , align= {{convert, 2, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 46, 39, 00, N, 36, 47, 00, E, name=Berdiansk Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Bili Kuchuhury{{efn, Also referred to as White Kuchuhury. , Білі Кучугури , align= F-13596 , align=left,

, align=left, Extends from the far western half of the

towards the mainland Yahorlyk Kut peninsula through the Gulf of Tendra's waters , align=center,

, align=center, — , align= {{convert, 0.6, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 46, 14, 46, N, 31, 40, 04, E, name=Bili Kuchuhury , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Bilosaraiska Spit , Білосарайська коса , align= F-13795 , align=left,

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, align=left, In the northeast of the

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, extending from the spit's

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village of {{ill, Bilosaraiska Spit (village), uk, Білосарайська Коса, lt=Bilosaraiska Spit , align=center,

, align= {{convert, 44.45, km2, sqmi, abbr=on , align= {{convert, 1.8, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 46, 53, 30, N, 37, 19, 50, E, name=Bilosaraiska Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Byriuchyi Island{{efn, name=former island, Also referred to as Byriuchyi Island Spit ({{langx, uk, Коса Бирючий Острів, Kosa Byriuchyi Ostriv) or simply Byriuchyi ({{langx, uk, label=none, Бирючий). Depending on weather and sea conditions, Byriuchyi alternates between being a geographic spit extending from Fedotova Spit and an island separated from Fedotova Spit by a narrow strait, with Byriuchyi becoming an island primarily during the

months when frequent storms on the Azov Sea flood the

connecting Byriuchyi to Fedotova Spit. , Бирючий Острів , align= F-13521 , align=left,

, align=left, In the northwest of the

, extending from Fedotova Spit , align=center,

, align= {{convert, 27.92, km2, sqmi, abbr=on , align=center, — , align=left, {{coord, 46, 07, 36, N, 35, 06, 12, E, name=Byriuchyi Island , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Chylova , Чилова , align= F-45835 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Durylova , Дурилова , align= F-13578 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Dzharylhach{{efn, Also

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as Dzharylgach. , Джарилгач , align= F-13570 , align=left,

, align=left, Extends{{efn, name=Dzharylhach Spit from the rural settlement of Lazurne towards the

Isthmus of Perekop The Isthmus of Perekop, literally Isthmus of the Trench (; transliteration: ''Perekops'kyi pereshyiok''; ; transliteration: ''Perekopskiy peresheek,'' , ; ; transliteration: ''Taphros''), is the narrow, wide strip of land that connects the C ...

through Karkinit Bay , align=center,

, align=right data-sort-value="56.05", {{abbr, >, Greater than{{convert, 56.05, km2, sqmi, abbr=on{{efn, Prior to May 2023, Dzharylhach was the largest island in Ukraine with an area of {{convert, 56.05, km2, sqmi, abbr=on. Dzharylhach's area following its 2023 connection to the mainland by Russian troops is not indicated but is likely somewhat larger due to the addition of land reclaimed from the strait that had formerly separated it from the mainland. , align= {{convert, 10, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 46, 01, 48, N, 32, 46, 48, E, name=Dzharylhach , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Fedotova Spit , Федотова коса , align= F-13522 , align=left,

{{efn, Mostly located in

Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast (), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (), is an oblast (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Zaporizhzhia. The oblast covers an area of , and has a population of The oblast is an import ...

, with a smaller portion in

.{{citation needed, date=October 2024 , align=left, In the northwest of the

, extending from Kyrylivka , align=center,

, align=center, — , align= {{convert, 3.6, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 46, 17, 52, N, 35, 18, 13, E, name=Fedotova Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Hlyboka kosa , Глибока коса , align= F-13581 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Komysh-Burunska Spit{{efn, Also known as Arshyntsevska Spit ({{langx, uk, Аршинцівська коса, Arshyntsivska kosa). , Комиш-Бурунська коса , align= F-13126 , align=left,

, align=left, In the southern part of the city of

Kerch Kerch, also known as Keriç or Kerich, is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea. It has a population of Founded 2,600 years ago as the Colonies in antiquity#Greek colonies, ancient Greek colony Pantik ...

, align=center,

{{efn, Located in the

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near the entrance to the

but still within the

's waters.{{citation needed, date=October 2024 , align=center, — , align= {{convert, 1, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 45, 16, 05, N, 36, 26, 06, E, name=Komysh-Burunska Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Kamysheva kosa , Камишева коса , align= F-13802 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Karolina-Buhaz , Кароліна-Бугаз , align= F-33993 , align=left,

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion (; ) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the adm ...

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Kosa Kryva , Коса Крива , align= F-13759 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Kinburn Spit{{efn, Also referred to as Kinburnska Spit. , Кінбурнська коса , align= F-13812 , align=left,

, align=left, Westernmost end of the Kinburn Peninsula, close to the Dnipro–Buh estuary , align=center,

, align= {{convert, 180, km2, sqmi, abbr=on , align= {{convert, 19, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 46, 33, 30, N, 31, 31, 40, E, name=Kinburn Spit , align=left,
, - !scope="row" align="left", Kryva Spit , Крива коса , align= F-13790 , align=left,

, align=left, In the northeast of the

, extending from Siedove , align=center,

, align= {{convert, 0.05, km2, sqmi, abbr=on , align= {{convert, 1.6, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 47, 03, 00, N, 38, 07, 58, E, name=Kryva Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Kryva , Крива , align= F-45864 , align=left,

, Mykolaiv City Council , align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Laherna kosa , Лагерна коса , align= F-13800 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Lantseva Kosa , Ланцева Коса , align= F-13799 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Levkina , Левкіна , align= F-13577 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Liskova , Ліскова , align= F-45834 , align=left,

, Mykolaiv City Council , align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Mala Kosa , Мала коса , align= F-13527 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Malenka kosa , Маленька коса , align= F-13631 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Medvezha , Медвежа , align= F-13583 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Milka kosa , Мілка коса , align= F-13580 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Ovecha , Овеча , align= F-13587 , align=left,

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Obytichna Spit{{efn, Also known by its Russian transliteration Obytochna Spit. , Обитічна коса , align= F-13750 , align=left,

, align=left, In the northern

, separating {{ill, Obytichna Bay, uk, Обитічна затока from {{ill, Berdiansk Bay, uk, Бердянська затока , align=center,

, align=center, — , align= {{convert, 1.8, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, {{coord, 46, 31, 56, N, 36, 12, 18, E, name=Obytichna Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Ozharska , Ожарська , align= F-45861 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Popova , Попова , align= F-13635 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Pivdenna , Південна , align= F-45871 , align=left,

, Chornomorsk City Council , align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Pivnichna , Північна , align= F-45868 , align=left,

Ovidiopol Raion Ovidiopol Raion () was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Ovidiopol. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Odesa Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the admini ...

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Ruska Spit , Руська коса , align= F-45862 , align=left,

, align=left, Located on the

of the Buh estuary northwest of {{ill, Lymany, Halytsynove rural hromada, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, uk, Лимани (Галицинівська сільська громада), lt=Lymany and across from Voloska Spit , align=center, Southern Buh river , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, {{coord, 46, 44, 48, N, 31, 56, 25, E, name=Ruska Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Serednia Kosa , Середня Коса , align= F-13748 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Shahanska kosa , Шаганська коса , align= F-13637 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Spaska Spit{{efn, Formerly known as Zhaburna Spit ({{langx, uk, Жабурна коса, Zhaburna kosa) until 1890.{{citation needed, date=October 2024 , Спаська коса , align= F-45833 , align=left,

, Mykolaiv City Council , align=left, Located in the {{ill, Lisky (Mykolaiv neighborhood), uk, Ліски (Миколаїв), lt=Lisky neighborhood of

, on the city's

shore of the Buh estuary , align=center, Southern Buh river , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, {{coord, 46, 57, 33, N, 31, 56, 14, E, name=Spaska Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Svyniacha , Свиняча , align= F-13585 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Synia kosa , Синя коса , align= F-13543 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Tuzla , Тузла , align= F-13375 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Vasylkova kosa , Василькова коса , align= F-34258 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Voloska Spit , Волоська коса , align= F-45863 , align=left,

, align=left, Located on the

of the Buh estuary near {{ill, Prybuzke, Kutsurub rural hromada, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, uk, Прибузьке (Куцурубська сільська громада), lt=Prybuzke and across from Ruska Spit , align=center, Southern Buh river , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, {{coord, 46, 43, 39, N, 31, 55, 03, E, name=Voloska Spit , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Yehypetska Arrow , Єгипетська Стрілка , align= F-34260 , align=left,

, align=left, , align=center, , align=center, — , align=center, — , align=left, , align=left, , - !scope="row" align="left", Zhebriianska Spit{{efn, Also

as Zhebriyanska Spit. , Жебріянська коса , align= F-33848 , align=left,

Izmail Raion Izmail Raion (; ; ) is a raion (administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Izmail. It is in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia. Population: On 18 July 2020, as ...

, align=left, In the northwestern part of {{ill, Zhebriian Bay, uk, Жебріянська бухта, to the southeast of the village of Prymorske in the

Danube Delta The Danube Delta (, ; , ) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. Occurring where the Danube, Danube River empties into the Black Sea, most of the Danube Delta lies in Romania ...

, align=center,

, align= {{convert, 1.6, km2, sqmi, abbr=on , align= {{convert, 4, m, ft, abbr=on , align=left, , align=left, {{Cite web , last1=Pohorilchuk , first1=N.M. , year=2009 , script-title=uk:Жебріянська коса , trans-title=Zhebriianska spit , url=https://esu.com.ua/article-18958 , access-date=14 June 2025 , website=

, language=uk , archive-date=14 June 2025 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250614234410/https://esu.com.ua/article-18958 , url-status=live

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