Tuzla Spit | |||||||
Other Name: | Kosa Tuzla | ||||||
Type: | Spit | ||||||
Location: | Krasnodar Krai, Russia, Ukraine | ||||||
Coordinates: | 45.2667°N 36.55°W | ||||||
Part Of: | Tuzla Island
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Elevation M: | --> | ||||||
Map: | Ukraine Crimea#Russia Krasnodar Krai | ||||||
Map Relief: | 1 |
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 [2] to the north-west in the direction of the city Kerch for almost 11km (07miles).
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 (45.2686°N 36.5494°W) and two small islands on the Russian side (45.2258°N 36.5928°W and 45.2136°N 36.6072°W), 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 (45.2442°N 36.5919°W). The Tuzla Spit formed the southern shore of the Taman Bay; the northern shore is the Chushka Spit.
The remnants of the Tuzla Spit were utilized in the building of the Crimean Bridge.