Dzharylhach

Native name: Джарилгач
The salt lakes of Dzharylhach
Dzharylhach
Geography
Coordinates	46°02′N 32°47′E / 46.03°N 32.78°E / 46.03; 32.78
Adjacent to	Karkinit Bay, Dzharylhach Bay
Area	56 km2 (22 sq mi)
Length	42 km (26.1 mi)
Highest elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Administration
Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson Oblast
Raion	Skadovsk Raion
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited (2001) 2001 Ukrainian Census

Dzharylhach ( Cyrillic: Джарилгач, also spelled as Dzharylgach; Crimean Tatar: Carılğaç) is a sand bank in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast near Crimea in Ukraine. Along with the Tendra island that lies to the west, in the past it was a spit that Greeks called "Course of Achilles". ^[1] To the west it stretches as a spit and as a shoal, which sometimes dries up, and connects to the continental portion of Kherson Oblast near the town of Lazurne. The wider portion used to be called Tamyraca. ^[1] 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 Dzharylhach National Nature Park.

Its area of 56 km² and length of 42 km make it the Black Sea's biggest sand bank, located at the Karkinit Bay. 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 cormorant, hunting crabs, raps whelk and shrimp.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In the spring of 2023, Russian invaders covered the crossing to the island with sand, permanently connecting it with the occupied part of the Kherson region of Ukraine. ^[2] Russian invaders also created a military training ground on the island. ^[3]

In August 2023, a large-scale fire occurred on the island. The fire destroyed more than 1,500 hectares of the area of the nature reserve on the island. ^{[4] [5]}

Gallery

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  Dzharylhach beach line
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  Mass grave of Soviet soldiers
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  Beach resort with a pier (2013)
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  "Turtle beach" (2013)
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  Old lighthouse
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  Another beach with two lighthouses in the background, old and new (2012)
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  Map of Southern Ukraine before the World War II where Dzharylhach is a spit (sandbar), not an island

References

• zatyshny.com.ua
• brama.com
• Photo gallery of Dzharylgach island Archived 2021-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

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