Tuzla Spit
Kosa Tuzla
Spit
Tuzla Spit on a 1902 map of the Strait of Kerch.
Tuzla Spit on a 1902 map of the Strait of Kerch.
Tuzla Spit is located in Crimea
Tuzla Spit
Tuzla Spit
Tuzla Spit is located in Krasnodar Krai
Tuzla Spit
Tuzla Spit
Coordinates: 45°16′0″N 36°33′0″E / 45.26667°N 36.55000°E / 45.26667; 36.55000
LocationKrasnodar Krai, Russia, Ukraine
Part ofTuzla Island

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 Cape Tuzla[2] to the north-west in the direction of the city Kerch for almost 11 kilometres (6.8 mi).

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 / 45.26861°N 36.54944°E / 45.26861; 36.54944) and two small islands on the Russian side (45°13′33″N 36°35′34″E / 45.22583°N 36.59278°E / 45.22583; 36.59278 and 45°12′49″N 36°36′26″E / 45.21361°N 36.60722°E / 45.21361; 36.60722), 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 / 45.24417°N 36.59194°E / 45.24417; 36.59194).

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.

Former Tuzla Spit and Tuzla Island in Kerch Strait connected with mainland via Crimean Bridge.

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