Snake Island (Ukraine)
Island Small Black Sea islet with strategic military importance
Snake Island (Zmiinyi) sits in the Black Sea off Odesa Oblast with a small lighthouse and maritime navigation role; access is limited, and visitors encounter seabird colonies and exposed rocky shorelines rather than developed tourism.
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Snake Island is a small rocky islet in the northwestern Black Sea administered as part of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. The island is locally known as Zmiinyi and has been used historically for a lighthouse and maritime navigation aids.
The islet is very small and sparsely developed, with limited infrastructure beyond navigational installations. Its position in the Black Sea near regional shipping lanes gives it strategic importance disproportionate to its size.
Geographically it lies off Ukraine’s southern coast in the northwestern Black Sea, separated from the mainland by open sea and relatively near the mouth of the Danube and nearby international waters.
- Local name and status: Known in Ukrainian as Zmiinyi, it is a small rocky islet in the northwestern Black Sea administered by Odesa Oblast and notable for its strategic location on regional shipping routes.
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Currently not a recommended or accessible destination for visitors because of security/military conditions.
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Temperate climate with warm summers (peaking in July) and cold winters (coldest in February). Temperatures range from 0°C to 25°C. Semi-arid with limited rainfall.
January
January is cold with highs of 4°C and lows of 0°C. The driest month with just 25 mm and mostly overcast skies.
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February
February is the coolest month with highs of 4°C and lows of 0°C. Light rainfall and mostly overcast skies.
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March
March is cold with highs of 6°C and lows of 2°C. Light rainfall and partly cloudy skies.
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April
April is cold with highs of 11°C and lows of 7°C. Moderate rainfall (30 mm) and partly cloudy skies.
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May
May is cool with highs of 17°C and lows of 13°C. Moderate rainfall (33 mm) and partly cloudy skies.
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June
June is mild with highs of 22°C and lows of 17°C. The wettest month with 45 mm of rain.
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July
July is the warmest month with highs of 25°C and lows of 19°C. Moderate rainfall (37 mm) and mostly sunny skies.
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August
August is the warmest month with highs of 24°C and lows of 19°C. Moderate rainfall (36 mm) and mostly sunny skies.
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September
September is mild with highs of 21°C and lows of 16°C. Moderate rainfall (42 mm).
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October
October is cool with highs of 16°C and lows of 11°C. Moderate rainfall (36 mm) and partly cloudy skies.
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November
November is cold with highs of 10°C and lows of 6°C. Moderate rainfall (35 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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December
December is cold with highs of 7°C and lows of 2°C. Moderate rainfall (32 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
