Dzharylhach (

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

: Джарилгач, also spelled as Dzharylgach) is a sand bank in Skadovsk Raion,

Kherson Oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...

near

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

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. Along with the

Tendra island Tendra may refer to: * Gulf (or Bay) of Tendra, Black Sea * Spit (or Island) of Tendra, scene of Russian-Turkish naval battle *Battle of Tendra, fought on 8 and 9 September 1790 in the Black Sea *TenDRA Compiler The TenDRA Compiler is a C/C++ co ...

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 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 to near the surface. It ...

, which sometimes dries up, and connects to the continental portion of

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 Skadovsk. Dzharylhach and its bay is part of the

Dzharylhak National Nature Park Dzharylhak National Nature Park ( uk, Джарилгацький національний природний парк) is a national park of Ukraine that covers Dzharylhach Island and the adjacent Karkinit Bay in the northern reaches of the Black ...

. 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 Karkinit, Karkinitski, Carcinites, or Karkinitsky Bay ( uk, Каркінітська затока, ''Karkinits’ka zatoka''; russian: Каркинитский залив, ''Karkinitskiy zaliv'') is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the n ...

. 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, mouflon, as well as numerous seagulls and

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, hunting crabs, raps whelk 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