Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays

{{Short description|RAMSAR site (protected wetland) in Ukraine}}

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| location = Ukraine (de jure) /
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| area = {{convert|147,556|ha|acres km2 sqmi|lk=on|0}}

| established = 1976

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays

| designation1_date =11-10-1976

| designation1_number = 114{{Cite web|title=Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/114|access-date=23 March 2024}} (if the link expires, please use the [https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris-search search function] at ramsar.org)}} {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=8 |marker = marker-stroke |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}

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Karkinitska and Dzharylgatska Bays (also Karkinit and Dzharylgach Bays) is a RAMSAR site in Ukraine. The two bays (Karkinit Bay and ({{ill|Dzharylhach Bay|ru|Джарылгачский залив}}) in the Northern reaches of the Black Sea between the Ukrainian mainland and Crimea include several island spits and the Dzharylhach island, one of the largest uninhabited islands in Europe. Human activities (fishing, hunting grazing, etc.) are allowed.

Administratively, it is shared by the Kherson Region and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

There are the Dzharylhach National Nature Park based on the Dzharylhach island and the surrounding waters and the {{ill|Lebedyni Islands|uk|Лебедині острови}} ("Swan Islands") ornithological game reserve.