Tuzla Spit
Sandbar in the Black Sea
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Tuzla Spit or Kosa Tuzla (Russian: 'Тузлинская коса', Коса Тузла, romanized: Tuzlinskaya kosa, 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[2] to the north-west in the direction of the city Kerch for almost 11 kilometres (6.8 mi).
Tuzla Spit
Kosa Tuzla | |
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 Tuzla Spit on a 1902 map of the Strait of Kerch. | |
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 Interactive map of Tuzla Spit | |
| Coordinates: 45°16′0″N 36°33′0″E | |
| Location | Krasnodar Krai, Russia, Ukraine |
| Part of | Tuzla Island |
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) and two small islands on the Russian side (45°13′33″N 36°35′34″E and 45°12′49″N 36°36′26″E), 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).
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.
