Oleshky Sands

Kherson Oblast · Ukraine

Oleshky Sands, Ukraine
Photo: НПП "Олешківські піски", CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
Coordinates
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One of the largest expanses of open sand in Europe, formed on the lower Dnieper after overgrazing stripped the plains. Shifting dunes and sparse pines give it a semi-desert character rare on the continent.

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