Chonhar Peninsula

{{Short description|Natural peninsula in Ukraine}}

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| location = Chonhar, Syvash, Ukraine

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The Chonhar Peninsula (Russian and {{langx|uk|Чонгар}}; Crimean Tatar: Çonğar)The article's name is transliterated in accordance to the official and academical romanization of Ukrainian. Due to lack of corresponding phoneme (/ɣ/) in Russian language, Chonhar is transliterated in Russian as Chongar. is on the northern coast of the Syvash, and in the Kherson province of Ukraine.{{cite web |url=http://mapcarta.com/13766502 |title=Chonhar |work=Mapcarta |access-date=22 June 2023}}

Administratively, the whole peninsula houses the Chonhar rural community of Henichesk Raion. Together with the {{ill|Tup-Dzhankoi|uk|Тюп-Джанкой (півострів)}} part of the Crimean peninsula which reaches towards it, the Chonhar Peninsula divides the Syvash lagoons into two parts: eastern and western.

Several bridges and embankments connect the Chonhar Peninsula with the Crimean Peninsula to the south. The Chonhar Peninsula has one of the three main road connections between Crimea and mainland Europe, the others being on the Perekop Isthmus to the west and the Arabat Spit to the east. The main Chonhar road bridge crosses the narrowest gap, the Chonhar Strait near the village of Chonhar. It runs more or less parallel to the old road bridge, which is nearby to the south-southwest. The NovooleksiivkaDzhankoi railway line runs over a bridge and embankment across the lagoon near the village of Syvash.

History

Chonhar Peninsula was occupied by Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/russians-move-beyond-crimea-plant-mines-ukrainians-say-1560613 |title=Russians Move Beyond Crimea, Plant Mines, Ukrainians Say |date=2014-10-03 |work=www.ibtimes.com |access-date=22 June 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/russians-enter-town-north-of-crimea-say-ukrainians/ |title=Russians enter town north of Crimea, say Ukrainians |date=11 December 2015 |work=Fox News |access-date=22 June 2023}}

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