Oleshky Sands
Oleshky Sands is a semi-desert in Ukraine inland from the Black Sea. It consists of sand dunes, locally called kuchuhury, which are up to five meters high. Sparse vegetation can be located across the sands.
- Sand area
- …lies at an elevation of 14 metres (46 feet)
- Description: national nature park in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kostohryzove and Pody.
Kostohryzove
Village
Kostohryzove is a village in Oleshky urban hromada, Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. Kostohryzove is situated 4½ km east of Oleshky Sands.
Pody
Village
Pody is a small village in Kherson Raion of Kherson Oblast of Ukraine. Pody is situated 6 km south of Oleshky Sands.
Sahy
Village
Sahy is a small village in the Kherson Raion of the… Sahy is situated 9 km north of Oleshky Sands.
Oleshky Sands
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Latitude
46.52042° or 46° 31′ 14″ north
Longitude
32.79649° or 32° 47′ 47″ east
Open location code
8GRJGQCW+5H
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Oleshky Sands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رمال أولشكي”
- Arabic: “رمال اولسكي”
- Azerbaijani: “Aleşkov qumları”
- Bashkir: “Олешков ҡомлоҡтары”
- Basque: “Oleshkyko hareatza”
- Belarusian: “Алешкаўскія пяскі”
- Belarusian: “Алэшкіўскія пяскі”
- Cebuano: “Oleshkivs’ki Pisky”
- Chinese: “奥列什基沙沙地”
- Chinese: “奧萊什基沙漠”
- Chinese: “赫尔松沙地”
- Egyptian Arabic: “رمال اولسكى”
- French: “sables d’Olechky”
- French: “Sables d’Olechky”
- German: “Oleschky-Sande”
- Indonesian: “Gurun Oleshky”
- Italian: “Sabbie di Oleshky”
- Japanese: “オレシュキー砂丘”
- Kazakh: “Алёшки құмдары”
- Kazakh: “Алешков құмдары”
- Lithuanian: “Alioškų smėlynai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Olesjkyj Sand”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olesjkyjørkenen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olesjkyjsanden”
- Polish: “Oleszkowskie Piaski”
- Polish: “Piaski Oleszkowskie”
- Portuguese: “Areal Oleshky”
- Portuguese: “Areias Oleshky”
- Romanian: “Nisipurile Oleșki”
- Russian: “Alëshkovskiye Peski”
- Russian: “Nizhnedneprovskiye Peski”
- Russian: “Oleschky-Sande”
- Russian: “Алешковская пустыня”
- Russian: “Алешковские пески”
- Russian: “Алешковские Пески”
- Russian: “Алёшковские пески”
- Russian: “Нижнеднепровские пески”
- Russian: “Олешковские Пески”
- Russian: “Цюрупинский лес”
- Slovenian: “Oleške peščine”
- Spanish: “Arenal de Oleshky”
- Ukrainian: “Nyzhn’odniprovs’ki Pisky”
- Ukrainian: “Oleshkivs’ki Pisky”
- Ukrainian: “Олешківська пустеля”
- Ukrainian: “Олешківські піски”
- Ukrainian: “Олешківські Піски”
- Uzbek: “Oleshki qumliklari”
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