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Tuzla Spit Kosa Tuzla
Spit
Tuzla Spit on a 1902 map of the Strait of Kerch.
Tuzla Spit Show map of Crimea Tuzla Spit Show map of Krasnodar Krai
Coordinates: 45°16′0″N 36°33′0″E / 45.26667°N 36.55000°E / 45.26667; 36.55000
Location	Krasnodar Krai, Russia, Ukraine
Part of	Tuzla Island

Tuzla Spit or Kosa Tuzla ( Russian: Тузлинская коса, Коса Тузла, Ukrainian: Коса Тузла) ^[1] was a long narrow peninsula or sandy spit in the eastern part of the Strait of Kerch which extended from Cape Tuzla [ ru] ^[2] to the north-west in the direction of the city Kerch for almost 11 kilometres (6.8 mi).

History

In 1925, the spit was cut by a storm, forming Tuzla Island. The open-water channel between Tuzla Island and the Russian mainland where the spit had previously existed reached over a kilometer in width.

Tuzla Spit consisted of the Tuzla Island ( 45°16′07″N 36°32′58″E / 45.26861°N 36.54944°E / 45.26861; 36.54944) and two small islands on the Russian side ( 45°13′33″N 36°35′34″E / 45.22583°N 36.59278°E / 45.22583; 36.59278 and 45°12′49″N 36°36′26″E / 45.21361°N 36.60722°E / 45.21361; 36.60722), and a narrow sand bar connecting them all. The two small islands were re-connected to each other by the 2003 construction by Russia of the 4.1 km long Tuzla dam ( 45°14′39″N 36°35′31″E / 45.24417°N 36.59194°E / 45.24417; 36.59194).

The Tuzla Spit formed the southern shore of the Taman Bay; the northern shore is the Chushka Spit.

Crimean bridge

The remnants of the Tuzla Spit were utilized in the building of the Crimean Bridge.

See also

• Spits of the Sea of Azov
• Dolgaya Spit
• Arabat Spit

References

External links

• «Остров Тузла» — Севастополь «ОК», № 1-2, 2000 г.
• «Коса Тузла» — Тамань. Ру > Фотогалерея > Коса Тузла
• Фотография окончания искусственной косы с воздуха
• Лист карты L-37-98 Тамань. Масштаб: 1 : 100 000. Состояние местности на 1988 год. Издание 1989 г.
• Лист карты L-37-XXV Аршинцево. Масштаб: 1:200 000. Издание 1982 г.

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