Arabat Spit

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Arabat Spit is a long, narrow sandbar in the Sea of Azov, separating the Syvash lagoon from the open sea and forming one of the world’s longest spits.

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Label Occurrences
Arabat Spit canonical 2
Arabat Spit settlements 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
sandbar
spit
borders Syvash
surface form: Syvash lagoon

open Sea of Azov
connects Crimea
Kherson Oblast mainland
country Ukraine
formedBy longshore currents
wave action
forms one of the world’s longest spits
hasAlternativeName Arabat Arrow
hasAverageElevation low-lying
hasClimate temperate continental
hasEcosystem coastal wetland
lagoon ecosystem
hasGeologicalOrigin marine sediment accumulation
hasHistoricalSignificance Crimean War operations area
hasHistoricalStructure Arabat Fortress
hasLanguageOfName Russian
Ukrainian
hasNearbyBodyOfWater Henichesk Strait
hasNearbyCity Henichesk
hasOrientation north–south
hasPart Arabatka village
Henicheska Hirka
Shchaslyvtseve
Strilkove
hasShoreType sandy beaches
hasStrategicImportance controls access between Syvash and Sea of Azov
hasSurfaceType sand
hasVegetationType steppe vegetation
length about 112 km
locatedIn Crimea
Kherson Oblast
Northern Azov region
Sea of Azov
maximumWidth up to about 8 km
minimumWidth less than 1 km
namedAfter Arabat Fortress
partlyControlledBy Russia
partOf Azov-Black Sea waterway system
surface form: Azov–Black Sea coastal system
separates Sea of Azov
Syvash
usedFor recreation
salt production vicinity
tourism

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syvash adjacentTo Arabat Spit
Arabat Spit road locatedOn Arabat Spit
Arabat Spit road runsThrough Arabat Spit
this entity surface form: Arabat Spit settlements