Yeysk Spit
Kosa Yeyskaya | |
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![]() Protective stone pier at the end of the Yeysk Spit | |
Coordinates: 46°14′11″N 38°15′56″E / 46.23639°N 38.26556°E | |
Location | Krasnodar 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]
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.