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Rock outcrop of conglomerate on the island. Snake Island is located 35 km from the coast, east of the mouth of the Danube River. The island is irregularly shaped, with an area of 0.205 km 2 (0.079 sq mi) and a maximum diameter of about 700m. The gently sloping terrain reaches its highest point 41 metres (135 ft) above sea level.
On the Ukrainian side, the court found that Snake Island did not form part of Ukraine's coastal configuration, explaining that "to count [Snake/Serpents'] Island as a relevant part of the coast would amount to grafting an extraneous element onto Ukraine's coastline; the consequence would be a judicial refashioning of Geography".
The Snake Island campaign was a period of Russian occupation and military conflict for Snake Island, a small, strategically located Ukrainian island in the Black Sea.On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Navy attacked Snake Island and captured it along with its entire garrison, beginning a military occupation of the island.
Dzharylhach Island - the largest one in the Black Sea (56 km 2) Kalanchak Islands , Oyster Islands and others in the Karkinit Bay, east of Dzharylhach; Nova Zemlya (Нова Земля) - divided with Romania; Orlov Island , Yahorlyk Islands, Siberian Islands, Babyn Island and a few others in the Gulf of Tendra; Snake Island
St. Thomas Island, also known as Snake Island, in the Black Sea, Bulgaria; Kalampunian Damit Island, Malaysia; Golem Grad, also known as Snake Island, North Macedonia; Vigan Island, also known as Snake Island, Philippines
Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea, its drainage basin includes parts of 24 countries in Europe. [1] The Black Sea, not including the Sea of Azov, covers 436,400 km 2 (168,500 sq mi), [2] has a maximum depth of 2,212 m (7,257 ft), [3] and a volume of 547,000 km 3 (131,000 cu mi). [4] Most of its coasts ascend rapidly.
The island as seen from the coast. St. Thomas Island (Bulgarian: остров св. Тома, ostrov sv. Toma) or Zmiyski ostrov (Змийски остров, Snake island), is a Bulgarian island in the Black Sea. It is situated in Burgas Province, Primorsko Municipality, 7 km (4 mi) north of Primorsko and 15 km (9 mi) km south of Sozopol.
The Ukrainian territorial waters include the Snake Island. From there stretches the Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) towards the Kerch Strait stretching 22,224 m (72,913 ft) from its Black Sea coast. At the eastern region of Black Sea to the south of the Kerch Strait the Ukrainian Economic Zone adjoins the Russian Economic Zone in Black Sea.