This is a list of all islands located in Ukraine with an area greater than 3,000 square kilometres (1,158 sq mi) and some of the more important minor islands. Note that during the 2014 Crimean crisis and Russian military intervention, Ukraine lost control over Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed by Russia in March 2014 (most countries continue to consider Crimea to be a part of Ukraine).[1][2][3]
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Spits, also called sandspits, are long, narrow coastal landforms that resemble sandbars or embankments and protrude into a body of water from a headland. Spits are formed by the process of longshore drift, in which waves impact the headland at a sharp angle, depositing sediment and causing the water's currents to transport the sediment down the beach, allowing it to accumulate in the area of the spit. Through the process of wave shoaling, this accumulated sediment becomes increasingly curved, mirroring the appearance of a fish hook as the waves refract around the spit's end.[4][5][6] Often lagoons and salt marshes will form behind spits.[7][8] There are currently nine geographic features recognized as spits in the territory of Ukraine, with seven of the spits bordering the Sea of Azov. The remaining two spits, Kinburn Spit and Bili Kuchuhury, are located in the northwestern Black Sea, with the Kinburn Spit located close to the Dnipro–Buh estuary at the far western end of the Kinburn Peninsula and Bili Kuchuhury located in the Gulf of Tendra, between the mainland Yahorlyk Kut peninsula and the far western half of the Tendra Spit. Although called a spit, the Tendra Spit (Ukrainian: Тендрівська Коса, romanized: Tendrivska Kosa) in western Kherson Oblast is separated from the mainland by a narrow strait, thus making it geographically an island. In classical antiquity, Tendra Spit and the nearby island of Dzharylhach to the east both connected to the mainland coast to a form a single, continuous spit called Achilles' Run.[o] Based on the combined current land areas of Tendra Spit and Dzharylhach, Achilles' Run would have had a total area of approximately 68.89 km2 (26.60 sq mi), making it one of the largest spits in Ukraine at that time.
The largest spit in Ukraine currently, and one of the largest spits in the world, is the Arabat Spit, which separates the western parts of the Sea of Azov from the Syvash, a large area of salty, shallow lagoons. Following the Russian occupation and annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea-portion of the Arabat Spit came under the control of de facto Russian forces, who administered the territory as part of the unrecognized Russian Republic of Crimea. Parts of the small, northern segment of the spit administratively located in Kherson Oblast, including the village of Strilkove, were also briefly occupied by unmarked Russian soldiers beginning from 15 March before the withdrawal of the Russian forces on 9 December 2014. During the Donbas war, the Kryva Spit located in Donetsk Oblast was also occupied in 2014, with pro-Russian militants occupying the spit's area and neighboring settlement of Siedove.
From the withdrawal of the Russian troops in December until the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the northern parts of the Arabat Spit were amongst the few areas geographically part of the Crimean peninsula that stayed under the control of Ukrainian authorities, while the Kryva Spit remained under the control of separatist forces as part of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic. After the start of the full-scale invasion, the remaining northern segment of the Arabat Spit as well as the rest of Ukraine's Azov Sea coastline (including the four spits still under the control of Ukrainian authorities before 2022), were occupied by Russian forces. In addition, following their offensive into and occupation of Kherson Oblast, Russian troops also occupied the Kinburn and Tendra spits. The six spits, as well as Kryva Spit, were integrated into Russia following its unilateral annexation of separatist controlled territories and other Russian-occupied regions on 30 September 2022. Since March 2022, all spits in Ukraine have been under Russian de facto control while the United Nations and most of the international community continue to recognize the territories as de jure part of Ukraine.
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[edit]- ^ a b Links to Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each island.
- ^ Total, collective area of the individual rocks.
- ^ Due to its small size and close proximity, the neighboring Kruhlyi Island (located at 46°25′37.42″N 31°43′27.01″E / 46.4270611°N 31.7241694°E) is typically grouped with Dovhyi Island.
- ^ Translates to "Rock of the Holy Apparition". The name St. George's Rock in Ukrainian is Скеля Святого Георгія (Skelya Svyatoho Heorhiya).
- ^ Although called a spit, the Tendra Spit is separated from the mainland by a narrow strait, thus making it geographically an island. Due to this, it is also often simply referred to as Tendra.
- ^ Also known as K Island. The island is divided between Romania (40%) and Ukraine (60%).
- ^ This represents the total, geographic area of the island. The area of the island in Ukraine's territory is approximately 3.36 km2 (1.30 sq mi).
- ^ a b Is an artificial island.
- ^ Also known as Vyrva (Вирва), Little Khortytsia (Мала Хортиця - Mala Khortytsia), and Kantserivskyi (Канцерівський).
- ^ According to some sources, the highest point on the island is 14 m (46 ft).[citation needed]
- ^ The Kuchuhury Islands are an archipelago of 13 small islands in the northwest part of the Kakhovka Reservoir. Velyki Kuchuhury (Великі Кучугури, lit. Big Kuchuhury) and Maly Kuchuhury (Малі Кучугури, lit. Small Kuchuhury) are the largest and most prominent of the islands.
- ^ Also known as Potemkin Island and historically called Maslov Island (острів Маслов).
- ^ Also known as Istanbul Island.
- ^ Byriuchyi Island is the larger portion of the feature shown while Fedotova Spit is the very narrow part that connects Byriuchyi to the mainland. Geographically, since a 1929 storm filled in the strait separating the two, Byriuchyi has been a continuation of Fedotova Spit's land.
- ^ Also called Achilles' Drome or Achilles' Trial.
- ^ Links to Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each spit.
- ^ The name Арабатська Стрілка (Arabatska Strilka) translates to Arabat Arrow or Arrow of Arabat. Arabat Spit in Ukrainian is Арабатська Коса (Arabatska Kosa).
- ^ Mostly located in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea with a smaller portion in Kherson Oblast.
- ^ Also known as White Kuchuhury.
- ^ Former island that became a geographical spit in 1929. Due to this, it is also sometimes referred to as Byriuchyi Spit (Ukrainian: Бирючий Коса, romanized: Byriuchyi Kosa).
- ^ Mostly located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast with a smaller portion in Kherson Oblast.
References
[edit]- ^ Ukraine crisis: Timeline Archived 2021-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (13 November 2014)
EU & Ukraine 17 April 2014 FACT SHEET Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, European External Action Service (17 April 2014) - ^ "Kremlin: Crimea and Sevastopol are now part of Russia, not Ukraine". CNN. 18 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "UN officially recognized Russia as an occupying power in Crimea". 20 December 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Allen, James R. (1982). "Spits". Beaches and Coastal Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. pp. 789–792. doi:10.1007/0-387-30843-1_432. ISBN 978-0-87933-213-6.
- ^ Uda, Takaaki (2019). "Spits". Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. pp. 1623–1627. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_297. ISBN 978-3-319-93805-9.
- ^ "spit: coastal feature". Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 July 1998. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Sediment Deposition at Sea". nps.gov. United States Department of the Interior. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Zhang, Wenyan (12 August 2015). Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer-Link. p. 622. ISBN 978-94-017-8801-4. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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