Kinburn Peninsula

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Kinburn Peninsula
Peninsula
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Coordinates: 46°30′27″N 31°46′44″E / 46.50750°N 31.77889°E / 46.50750; 31.77889
Location	Pokrovka, Pokrovske, Vasylivka (Mykolaiv Oblast) and Heroiske (Kherson Oblast), Ukraine
Part of
Dimensions
• Length	40 kilometres (25 mi)[1]
• Width	10 kilometres (6.2 mi)

The Kinburn Peninsula (Ukrainian: Кінбурнський півострів, romanized: Kinburnskyi pivostriv, Russian: Кинбурнский полуостров, romanized: Kinburnskiy poluostrov, Turkish: Kılburun) is a peninsula in Southern Ukraine, which separates the Dnieper–Bug estuary from the Black Sea. Administratively the peninsula is divided between two regions: Mykolaiv Oblast and Kherson Oblast, population 1,450. It is part of the Ivory Coast of Sviatoslav National Nature Park. Since April 2022, the Kinburn Peninsula has been fully occupied by Russian forces.