Tendra

Tendra ; Tendra Spit
	Military exercise on Tendra
Waters	Black Sea
Geographical location	46 ° 14 ′ N , 31 ° 39 ′ E Coordinates: 46 ° 14 ′ N , 31 ° 39 ′ E
length	65 km
width	1.8 km
surface	1289 hectares
Residents	uninhabited

Tendra or Tendra Spit ( Ukrainian Тендра / Тендрівська коса ; Russian Тендра / Тендровская коса ) is an uninhabited Ukrainian island in the Black Sea .

The approximately 65 km long and 1.8 km wide island is located in the south of the Kherson Oblast and administratively belongs to the Hola Prystan Rajon . The Tendra Bay, a Ramsar area, lies between the island, which was formed from a spit , and the mainland . Most of the 1289 hectare island is in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve . It consists of sandy sediments and limestone and is a nesting and wintering place for birds.

Tendra lighthouse on a Ukrainian postage stamp (150 ₴ 2nd from left)

history

At the time of Herodotus (approx. 450 BC) Tendra and its neighboring island Dscharylhatsch were called Achilles ' racetrack . In 1790 the sea battle of Tendra took place near the island . There has been a lighthouse on the island since 1827 ⊙ .

Web links

Commons : Tendra - Collection of Images

Biosphere reserve with description of the island

Individual evidence

↑ leksika.com.ua , accessed December 15, 2014
^ Tendra Spit , accessed on December 15, 2014
↑ Herodotus , Histories 4,55 and 4,76.
↑ Herodotus: Histories . German complete edition, translated by A. Horneffer, re-edited and explained by HW Haussig , with an introduction by Walter F. Otto . Kröner, Stuttgart 1971, p. 691.

[1] sika.com.ua , accessed December 15, 2014

[2] Tendra Spit , accessed on December 15, 2014

[3] Herodotus , Histories 4,55 and 4,76.

[4] Herodotus: Histories . German complete edition, translated by A. Horneffer, re-edited and explained by HW Haussig , with an introduction by Walter F. Otto . Kröner, Stuttgart 1971, p. 691.