The Henichesk Strait (alternatively Genichesk Strait; Ukrainian: Генічеська протока, Crimean Tatar: Ceniske, Cengięke, Russian: Генический пролив,) is a narrow strait which connects the Syvash (the shallow lagoon system separating the Crimea from the rest of Ukraine east of the Isthmus of Perekop) with the Sea of Azov. It separates the Arabat Spit from the Ukrainian mainland.[1]
The strait is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long and the width varies from 80 to 150 metres (260 to 490 ft), with a depth of 4.6 metres (15 ft).[1][2] On account of its narrowness, it is also sometimes called Thin Strait (Russian: Тонкий пролив, Ukrainian: Тонка протока).[2] The direction of flow depends on the wind. On the north side of the strait is the town and port of Henichesk in the Ukraine.[1]
Although the strait separates the Crimea from the Ukrainian mainland geographically, it does not do so politically: both sides of the strait are in the Kherson Oblast, and the political boundary between Kherson Oblast and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea lies further south on the Arabat Spit.
Nineteenth century map of the Henichesk Strait
^ abcGenichesk Strait article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, cited at пролив/БСЭ/Генический пролив/ "Генический пролив" [Genichesk Strait]. Yandex. Retrieved October 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)[permanent dead link](in Russian)
^ abSemenov, Pyotr (1862). Geografichesko-statisticheskìĭ slovar' Rossìĭskoĭ imperìi [Geographical-Statistical Dictionary of the Russian Empire] (in Russian). Oxford University. p. 624.
Henichesk (Ukrainian: Гені́чеськ, IPA: [ɦeˈn⁽ʲ⁾i.t͡ʃesʲk]; Russian: Гени́ческ, IPA: [ɡʲɪˈnʲit͡ɕɪsk]) is a port city along the Sea of Azov in Kherson Oblast...
and the entire area spreads over about 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi). The HenicheskStrait is its eastern connection to the Sea of Azov. The Syvash borders the...
salty Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. The spit runs between the HenicheskStrait in the north and the north-eastern shores of Crimea in the south. It...
utilizes. This bridge is located in the Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast, and traverses the HenicheskStrait. This bridge connects the Arabat Spit with...
another bridge, this one being a road bridge spanning the HenicheskStrait, connecting Henichesk Raion in Kherson to the Arabat Spit, was struck by several...
bridge. Ukraine damaged the bridge again (along with the bridge of HenicheskStrait) with Storm Shadow missiles on 6 August 2023. On 15 August the bridge...
Henichesk Seaport is a sea trade port, that is affiliated with the Port of Berdiansk, on the shores of the HenicheskStrait, which connects the Utlyuk...
(see table and map). The Chushka and Tuzla spits are located inside the Strait of Kerch; the former spit is formed by the outflow of water from the Azov...
artillery fire exercises on the sea ..."near Mariupol, Berdyansk and Henichesk." It raised apprehension regarding a potential Russian invasion since...
of Syvash, in Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast. The village is a seat of the Chonhar rural community (silrada). It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada,...
connected to the Kherson Oblast's Henichesk Raion by bridges over the narrow Chonhar and Henichesk straits and over Kerch Strait to the Krasnodar Krai. The northern...
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(mooring place in Ochakiv) Azov Naval Base, in Berdiansk (mooring places in Henichesk and Mariupol, late September 2018 two Ukrainian vessels departed from...
Su-24 fighter jets to fire Storm Shadow missiles towards the Chonhar and Henichesk Bridge, leading to severe destruction of both bridges. Chonhar rail bridge...
then Krasnoperekopsk Subsequently captured and re-released after the Kerch Strait incident Previously named MB-30 Previously named MB-51 Previously named...
recapture the bridge. A Ukrainian battalion was deployed to destroy the Henichesk bridge near the Isthmus of Perekop, and thereby slow the advance of Russian...
Beloozersk - Rybinsk Reservoir - River Volga - Don River - Sea of Azov - Kerch strait - Black Sea - Sevastopol. In October, the ship moved to the military port...
Korets [uk] got underway from Odesa on 20 September 2018 and transited the Kerch Strait on 23 September, escorted by a number of Russian Navy units. Ukrainian Navy...
for the first time, Mejlis would hold its session outside of Crimea in Henichesk. Russian law enforcement seized the Mejlis building in Simferopol on 20...
woman scolding a Russian soldier appears to record an actual event in Henichesk. She gave him sunflower seeds so sunflowers would grow when he died. The...
1977, Dnepr patrolled the Black Sea between Zmiinyi Island and the Kerch Strait. In 1978, the ship was assigned to patrol between Odessa Port and Novorossiysk...
Crimea. The Russian military entered the territory of Chonhar village in Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast and blocked the second entrance to Crimea. The...
her crew in Henichesk, on the Azov Sea. MAL 3 Kriegsmarine The MAL 1 type landing fire support lighter was scuttled by her crew in Henichesk, on the Azov...
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