Dzharylhach (Cyrillic: Джарилгач, also spelled as Dzharylgach) 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.

Dzharylhach

Native name: Джарилгач
The salt lakes of Dzharylhach
Dzharylhach
Geography
Coordinates	46°01′N 32°54′E
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

Across from the island over the Dzharylhach Bay is the city of Skadovsk. Dzharylhach and its bay is part of the Dzharylhak National Nature Park.

Its area of 56 square km 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.

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 lighthouse 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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На других языках

[de] Dscharylhatsch

[es] Dzharilgach

[ru] Джарылгач (остров)