Tendra Spit

Tendra Spit is a sandbar in the Black Sea near the coast of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.

Tendra Spit
Native name:
Тендрівська коса
Tendra Spit
Geography
Coordinates46°14′N 31°37′E
Adjacent bodies of waterBlack Sea, Gulf of Tendra
Area12.89 km2 (4.98 sq mi)
Length65 km (40.4 mi)
Width1.8 km (1.12 mi)
Administration
Ukraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionHola Prystan Raion
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited (2001)2001 Ukrainian Census

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

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