Native name: Тендрівська коса | |
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  Tendra Spit  Tendra Spit | |
 Interactive map of Tendra Spit | |
| 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 |
The Tendra Spit (Ukrainian: Тендрівська коса, romanized: Tendrivs'ka kosa), 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 stretches east through the Gulf of Tendra as a shoal towards the Yahorlyk Kut peninsula. Bili Kuchuhury contains the Bili Kuchuhury Lighthouse.
The Tendra Lighthouse is also on the island.
History
[edit]In classical antiquity, Tendra Spit and Dzharylhach both connected to the mainland coast to form a single, continuous spit called the Course of Achilles (also called Dromus Achilles).[1][2]
The Battle of Tendra took place from 8 to 9 September 1790.
The mutiny of men on board the Russian battleship Potemkin took place off Tendra Spit in June 1905.
Russo-Ukrainian War
[edit]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 was captured.[3][4][5][6]
On 7 August 2024, Ukraine announced that it had conducted another raid on the Tendra Spit, destroying a Russian electronic warfare system, armoured vehicles and inflicting casualties on Russian personnel.[7]
Archaeology
[edit]Numerous expeditions have been focusing on human activity.[8] The first naval expedition in 1824 under Captain Nikolaj Kritski unearthed 800 ancient coins, along with graffiti dedicated to Achilles, which confirmed the Cult of Achilles was active on the spit and that there was a sanctuary located previously on the spit.[8] A later expedition during Soviet times found glazed pottery and amphorae from the Roman period, and later some artifacts from the late Middle Ages.[8] A 2017 expedition focusing on the northern tip of Tendra Spit using sonar and visual surveys found fragments of amphorae from the 1st or 2nd century AD and some from the 1st century BC, tiles, and a bronze/copper plaque dated to the 1st century CE, which most likely came from an outer ship's plaiting during a shipwreck during the Roman period.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Falconer, William; Strabo (1903). "Getæ III". The Geography of Strabo. Vol. 1. Translated by Hamilton, Hans Claude; Falconer, William (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
Then we arrive at the Course of Achilles, a low peninsula; for it is a certain tongue of land about a thousand stadia in length, running out towards the east, and its width is but two stadia in the broadest part, and but four plethra in the narrowest. It is distant from the main-land, which runs out on both sides of the neck, about 60 stadia.
- ^ d'Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon (1764). "Orbis romani pars orientalis". New York Public Library. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Что известно о гибели бойцов элитного украинского спецназа на Тендровской косе". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ Суворов, Андрей (2024-02-29). ""Черный день" украинских ССО. Что известно о разгроме элитного спецназа в Херсонской области". Главные новости в России и мире - RTVI (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "Группа украинских диверсантов уничтожена при попытке высадиться в районе Тендровской косы". Interfax.ru (in Russian). 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "ВСУ сообщили о гибели военных 73-го морского центра спецопераций. В Минобороны РФ заявили, что в Херсонской области были убиты 25 "украинских диверсантов"". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "Ukraine says it raided Russian-controlled spit in Black Sea". Reuters. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Underwater Archaeological Exploration in the Waters of Tendra Spit and Berezan Island in 2017". Interdisciplinary research on the antiquity of the Black Sea. Volume II. 2. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego: 253–257. 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
External links
[edit]- Tendra Spit at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Photos of Tendra Spit at May 2016
