Yeysk Spit
Kosa Yeyskaya
Protective stone pier at the end of the Yeysk Spit
Protective stone pier at the end of the Yeysk Spit
Yeysk Spit is located in Krasnodar Krai
Yeysk Spit
Yeysk Spit
Yeysk Spit is located in Europe
Yeysk Spit
Yeysk Spit
Coordinates: 46°14′11″N 38°15′56″E / 46.23639°N 38.26556°E / 46.23639; 38.26556
LocationKrasnodar Krai, Russia

Yeysk Spit or Kosa Yeyskaya (Russian: Ейская коса)[1] [2] is an alluvial sandy spit in the Sea of Azov, part of the Yeysk Peninsula. The central resort area of the city of Yeysk.[3] The length of the sand spit is about 3 km, before 1914 storm it reached 9 km.[4]

History

On March 13, 1914, a strong hurricane broke out, part of the spit was washed away, its stem was cut away and it turned into an island.

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