Tendra Spit

Tendra Spit is a long sandy spit and coastal feature off the coast of Kherson Oblast on the northern Black Sea. It separates the Gulf of Tendra from the open sea and is formed by accumulated sediments and barrier sand deposits.

The spit provides beach habitat, dunes and shallow lagoonal waters that support marine and bird life; it is visible as a narrow ribbon of land along nautical charts of the area. People interested in coastal geomorphology, birding or marine ecology come to view its dunes and shoreline.

As a natural coastal formation it has been shaped by longshore processes and storms rather than by construction. The spit has served locally as a navigation landmark and as habitat for nesting seabirds and coastal plants.

Geographically it lies off the southern shore of the Ukrainian mainland in Kherson Oblast, forming the southern boundary of the Gulf of Tendra in the northern Black Sea.

• Coastal function and ecology: Forms the southern margin of the Gulf of Tendra and is an important sandbar and coastal habitat in the northern Black Sea.