This is a list of islands of Ukraine. It includes all islands in
Ukraine with an area greater than and some of the more important minor islands. Note that During the
2014 Crimean crisis
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
The Revolution of Dign ...
and
Russian military intervention, Ukraine lost control over the
Crimea, which was unilaterally
annexed
Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ...
by
Russia in March 2014 (most countries consider Crimea to be a part of Ukraine).
[http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/12/20/un-officially-recognized-russia-as-an-occupying-power-in-crimea/]
;Sea of Azov
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Byriuchyi Island
;Black Sea
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Berezan Island
Berezan (Cyrillic: Береза́нь; Ancient Greek: Borysthenes; former tr, Pirezin) is an island in the Black Sea at the entrance of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary, Ochakiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. Located 8 kilometers from the city of Och ...
*
Zmiinyi Island, western
Black Sea
*
Dzharylgach,
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 ...
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Dovhy and Kruhly islands serve as a natural boundary between Yahorlyk Bay and Black Sea
* Ship rock, rocks south of Opuk Cape,
Kerch peninsula
* Adalary, pair of rocks near
Gurzuf, Crimea
* Swan islands
;Estuaries and straits
*
Tuzla Island,
Strait of Kerch
* Pervomaisky island
;Rivers
* Venetsiansky Island and Dolobetsky Island, part of
Hydropark,
Dnieper
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Trukhaniv Island,
Kyiv, Dnieper
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Khortytsia
*
Big Potemkin Island,
Kherson
Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers appr ...
, Dniper
Spits
*
Arabat Spit
* Behlytska Spit
* Kryva Spit
* Obytichna Spit
* Fedotov Spit
* Berdyansk Spit
* Tendrivska Spit, northern
Black Sea
References
{{Authority control
Ukraine, List of islands of
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Islands