Western tip of the peninsula separating the Dnipro estuary on the Black Sea. Length is about 40 km, width of 8-10 km. Described by Herodotus as Gilea (wooded land), and later there was a road "from the Vikings to the Greeks." In the XV-XVIII centuries. Here, by contrast Ochakov existed Turkish fortress Kinburn, in an area where Alexander Suvorov in 1787 defeated a major Turkish descent (retained trees). Between OCHAKOVO Kinburn middle of the estuary in 1790, poured on the artificial. Maisky with block fort, which controlled the entry of ships in the estuary (still run by the military). In 1992, the spit of a regional landscape park "Kinburn Spit", included in the Black Sea Reserve. In the territory mentioned about 60 species of animals listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. It breeds about 240 species of birds: swans, pink pelicans, geese, pheasants, herons, white-tailed and other attraction for tourists empty and clean beaches.