Native name: Тендрівська коса | |
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Geography | |
Coordinates | 46°14′24″N 31°37′48″E / 46.24000°N 31.63000°E |
Adjacent to | Black Sea, Gulf of Tendra |
Area | 12.89 km2 (4.98 sq mi) |
Length | 65 km (40.4 mi) |
Width | 1.8 km (1.12 mi) |
Administration | |
Ukraine (occupied by Russia) | |
Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
Raion | Skadovsk Raion |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited (2001)2001 Ukrainian Census |
Additional information | |
The Tendra Spit or Island of Tendra is a sandbar in the Black Sea and part of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.
The island separates the Gulf of Tendra from the Black Sea and is located at the southern and western part of the bay. In the west the island has a spit called Bili Kuchuhury which, stretching east through the Gulf of Tendra as a shoal, reaches the Yahorlyk Kut peninsula. Bili Kuchuhury contains the Bili Kuchuhury Lighthouse.
The Tendra Lighthouse is also on the island.