Sacalin Island is a newly formed island in the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean 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 bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...

, right off the coast of the

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n Danube Delta, off the Sfântu Gheorghe branch. Initially Sacalin was made up of two smaller islands, ''Sacalinu Mare'' (Greater Sacalin) and ''Sacalinu Mic'' (Lesser Sacalin). In time, however, the two merged into one continuous landmass. The Romanian government has declared the area an

ecological reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...

and no settlement is permitted on the island.

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Uninhabited islands of Romania Islands of the Black Sea {{Romania-geo-stub