Yahorlyk Kut () is a peninsula in
Southern Ukraine
Southern Ukraine (, ) refers, generally, to the territories in the South of Ukraine.
The territory usually corresponds with the Soviet economical district, the Southern Economical District of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The region ...
that separates
Yahorlyk Bay
Yahorlyk Bay () is a shallow water bay near the coast of Ukraine (between peninsulas Yahorlyk Kut and Kinburn peninsula), northern Black Sea. The bay is separated from the sea by chain of islands Dovhyi Island, Dovhyi and Kruhlyi. It is separated ...
from the
Gulf of Tendra
Gulf of Tendra or Tendra Bay () is a shallow water bay off the coast of Ukraine (south of the Yahorlyk Kut peninsula), northern Black Sea. The gulf is separated from the sea by the Tendra Spit. The gulf is 45 km long, 7 km wide, and up ...
. Administratively the peninsula is part of
Skadovsk Raion
Skadovsk Raion () is one of the five administrative raions of Ukraine, raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Skadovsk. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the 2020 admi ...
.
From 1959 to 1994 it was used by the
Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Forces (, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Sovie ...
as a
bombing range
A bombing range usually refers to a remote military aerial bombing and gunnery training range used by combat aircraft to attack ground targets (air-to-ground bombing), or a remote area reserved for researching, developing, testing and evaluatin ...
.
References
External links
Echoes of the Ancient Borysthenes "Naddnipryanska Pravda plyus" at the Kherson Arts portal. 1 November 2013
Geography of Kherson Oblast
Peninsulas of Ukraine
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