Fact #39
Ukraine has its own Maldives.
Unbelievable! According to many, the sea on the protected island of Jarilgach is the same as that of the Maldives. This corner of paradise is located 30 minutes by sea from Skadovsk, in the Kherson region. Amazing beaches with white sand and clear blue sea, clean air.
Dzharylgach is the only European nature reserve where mustangs lived, and now there is a rich flora and fauna listed in the Red Book. They say that a couple of centuries ago, camels traveled through the dunes of Dzharylgachu. The name of the island comes from the Turkic word “burnt trees”, and in Greek sources Dzharylgach is known as “Achilles’ island”.
In 1904, a lighthouse designed by a French architect was installed on the east coast of the island.
Fact #40
In Ukraine, you can hear the sands “singing”.
In Ukraine, you can hear the sands “singing”. Among the sandbar on one of the branches of the Dnieper, near the Lapinka River near Nikopol, you can observe a natural phenomenon called singing sands.
As a result of the movement of the wind stream over the desert or a sandy beach, a peculiar sound similar to the whistling of car tires occurs.
Fact #41
Dzharylgach is the only European reserve where mustangs lived.
Dzharylgach is the only European nature reserve where mustangs lived, and today there is a rich flora and fauna listed in the Red Book. They say that a couple of centuries ago, camels traveled through the dunes of Dzharylgachu. The name of the island comes from the Turkic word “burnt trees”, and in Greek sources Dzharylgach is known as “Achilles’ island”.
Dzharylgach is an island in the Karkinit Bay of the Black Sea. The largest island of Ukraine and the Black Sea. Any locality, and especially a good one, has its secrets and legends, its favorite heroes and myths about them, which are now called “made-up” truth. The amazing and beautiful island of Dzharylgach. Amazing nature and clean sea, animals, plants, landscapes, beaches. Strange – by history and meaning.