Dzharylhach (Cyrillic: Джарилгач, also spelled as Dzharylgach; Crimean Tatar: Carılğaç) is a sand bank in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast near Crimea in Ukraine. Along with the Tendra island that lies to the west, in the past it was a spit that Greeks called "Course of Achilles".[1] To the west it stretches as a spit and as a shoal, which sometimes dries up, and connects to the continental portion of Kherson Oblast near the town of Lazurne. The wider portion used to be called Tamyraca.[1] It was named after an ancient town of Tamyraca located on the continent across the bay.
Its area of 56 km2 and length of 42 km make it the Black Sea's biggest sand bank, located at the Karkinit Bay. The island has clean sandy beaches and mineral springs. In the middle of the island there is a fresh water spring, and more than four hundred small salty lakes are scattered all over its territory. The unique flora and fauna of Dzharylhach have been well preserved. It is a habitat for wild boars, deer, mouflon, as well as numerous seagulls and cormorant, hunting crabs, raps whelk and shrimp.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
In the spring of 2023, Russian forces covered the crossing to the island with sand, permanently connecting it with the occupied part of the Kherson region of Ukraine.[2] They also created a military training ground on the island.[3]
In August 2023, a large-scale fire occurred on the island. The fire destroyed more than 1,500 hectares of the area of the nature reserve on the island.[4][5]
Gallery
Dzharylhach beach line
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers
Beach resort with a pier (2013)
"Turtle beach" (2013)
Old lighthouse
Another beach with two lighthouses in the background, old and new (2012)
Map of Southern Ukraine before the World War II where Dzharylhach is a spit (sandbar), not an island
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