The Formation of a New Island Near the Crimea Coast
Modern dynamics of the Bakal Spit (north-western Crimea),the distal part of which separated and became an islandin 2010, is considered. The coastline retreat has been noted east and west of itin the last 200 years. Based on the analysis of satellite data and geodesic surveys, it was established that in the past 30 years the distal part of the spit shifted to the northeast direction by 300 m, the western branch of the spit shifted to the east by 160 m. After the separation of the Peschaniyisland, its area was 0.56 km<sup>2</sup>, it was reduced to 0.31 km<sup>2</sup> by 2018. The width of the formed strait is about 1 km. It was assumed that the formation of the island in the face of reduced sediment inflows was due to increased storm activity and an abnormally high level of the Black Sea in the preceding period.