Chonhar Peninsula
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The Chonhar Peninsula is on the northern coast of the Syvash, and in the Kherson Oblast of Ukraine.
Northern part of Chonhar peninsula with two parts of the mainland on the right. View from altitude 12,000 m.
Syvash
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The Syvash or Sivash, also known as the Putrid Sea or Rotten Sea, is a large area of shallow lagoons on the western edge of the Sea of Azov. Separated from the sea by the narrow Arabat Spit, the water
Natural-colour satellite image of the Syvash
The Salinas (c. 1820)
Soviet soldiers crossing the Syvash in late 1943
Syvash waters turned reddish by Dunaliella salina microalgae