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{{Expand Russian|topic=geo|date=November 2010|Тузлинская коса}}
{{Short description|Sandbar in the Black Sea}}
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'''Tuzla''' ({{lang-ru|Тузлинская коса, Коса Тузла}}, {{lang-uk|Коса Тузла}}) was a long narrow [[peninsula]] or [[spit (landform)|sandy spit]] in the eastern part of the [[Strait of Kerch]] which extended from [[Cape Tuzla]] to the north-west in the direction of the city [[Kerch]] for almost 11&nbsp;km.  

== 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 ({{coord|45|16|07|N|36|32|58|E|scale:20000}}) and two small islands on the [[Russia]]n side ({{coord|45|13|33|N|36|35|34|E|scale:2000}} and {{coord|45|12|49|N|36|36|26|E|scale:5000}}), 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&nbsp;km long Tuzla dam ({{coord|45|14|39|N|36|35|31|E|scale:50000}}).
  
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]].
[[File:Kerch_Strait_Bridge,_2018-04-14.jpg|thumb|260px|left|Former Tuzla Spit and Tuzla Island in [[Kerch Strait]] connected with mainland via [[Crimean Bridge]].]]
== See also ==
* [[Dolgaya Spit]]
* [[Arabat Spit]]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040220104102/http://ok.archipelag.ru/part2/ostrov-tuzla.htm «Остров Тузла»] — Севастополь «ОК», № 1-2, 2000 г.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100529035949/http://www.tamagne.ru/gallery/tuzla.htm «Коса Тузла»] — Тамань. Ру > Фотогалерея > Коса Тузла
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818093926/http://image.2sea.su/data/media/6/tuzla.jpg Фотография окончания искусственной косы с воздуха]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100430064854/http://mapl37.narod.ru/map1/il37098.html Лист карты L-37-98 Тамань. Масштаб: 1 : 100 000. Состояние местности на 1988 год. Издание 1989 г.]
* [http://mapl37.narod.ru/map2/index25.html Лист карты L-37-XXV Аршинцево. Масштаб: 1:200 000. Издание 1982 г.]

[[Category:Spits of the sea of Azov]]
[[Category:Spits of Crimea]]
[[Category:Spits of Krasnodar Krai]]
[[Category:Kerch Strait]]