The Tendra Spit or Island of Tendra is a sandbar in the Black Sea and part of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine .
4-774: 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. The Battle of Tendra took place on 8 and 9 September 1790. The mutiny of men on board
8-663: Is a shallow water bay off the coast of Ukraine (south of the Yahorlyk Kut peninsula), northern Black Sea . The gulf is separated from the sea by the Tendra Spit . The gulf is 45 km long, 7 km wide, and up to 6 m depth. It is included in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve . From 1993 to 2003 it was included in the Montreux Record . This article about a location in Ukraine
12-720: The Russian battleship Potemkin took place off Tendra Spit in June 1905. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine , on the night of 28 February 2024, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces troops from 73rd Maritime Special Operations Center attempted to make a landing on the sandbar . They were ambushed by the Russian troops and sustained heavy casualties. According to the Russian MOD, 4 boats out of 5 were destroyed or sunk and up to 25 Ukrainian soldiers were killed. One Ukrainian soldier
16-613: Was captured. On 7 August 2024, Ukraine announced that it had conducted another raid on the Tendra Spit. In classical times, the spit was known as "Achilles' Racecourse" Strabo (2024). Geography . Princeton . pp. 307 C, 28-308 C, 5. ISBN 9780691243139 . This article about a location in Kherson Oblast is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gulf of Tendra Gulf of Tendra or Tendra Bay ( Ukrainian : Тендрівська затока )
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