Chonhar Peninsula
Chonhar Peninsula | |
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 Northern part of Chonhar peninsula with two parts of the mainland on the right. View from altitude 12,000 m. | |
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 Interactive map of Chonhar Peninsula | |
| Coordinates: 46°03′40″N 34°31′33″E / 46.06111°N 34.52583°E | |
| Location | Chonhar, Syvash, Ukraine |
The Chonhar Peninsula (Russian and Ukrainian: Чонгар; Crimean Tatar: Чонгъар, romanized: Çonğar) is on the northern coast of the Syvash, and in the Kherson Oblast of Ukraine.[1]
Administratively, the whole peninsula houses the Chonhar rural community of Henichesk Raion. Together with the Tup-Dzhankoi 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 Novooleksiivka–Dzhankoi railway line runs over a bridge and embankment across the lagoon near the village of Syvash.
History
On 26 December 2014, the Chonhar checkpoint was returned to the control of Ukraine.[2] It was previously occupied by the Berkut forces after they defected during the Annexation of Crimea, where they then mined the territory.[2] Previously, on 9 December, the head of the State Border Guard Service, Viktor Nazarenko, announced they had reached an agreement for the withdrawal of troops from occupied parts of Kherson.[2] The blockade point at Chohnar, since the annexation of Crimea, has served to attract some teenage Crimean Tatars from escaping conscription into the Russian Army.[3] Some Chechen activists have also participated in this, and there have been multiple instances of Crimean Tatar and Islamic flags being hung in the vicinity of Chonhar.[3]
Chonhar Peninsula was occupied by Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "Chonhar". Mapcarta. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Україна повернула контроль над Чонгаром, - Порошенко". Espreso (in Ukrainian). 26 December 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ a b Zasztowt, Konrad (2019). "The Crimean Tatar Muslim Community: Between Annexed Crimea and Mainland Ukraine". Studia Religiologica. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. 52 (1): 27–48. ISSN 0137-2432. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Russians Move Beyond Crimea, Plant Mines, Ukrainians Say". www.ibtimes.com. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Russians enter town north of Crimea, say Ukrainians". Fox News. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2023.