Leuke

Snake Island

Native name: Insula Serpilor
Snake Island
Geography
Location	Black Sea
Coordinates	45°15′N 30°12′E / 45.250°N 30.200°E / 45.250; 30.200
Area	0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)
Length	0.662 km (0.4113 mi)
Width	0.440 km (0.2734 mi)
Highest elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Highest point	N/An
Administration
Ukraine
Demographics
Population	Around 100

Snake Island Lighthouse
Mаяк
The lighthouse on the background in 1896.
General information
Type	service
Town or city	Bile (Vylkove)
Country	Ukraine
Elevation	40 metres (130 ft)
Completed	autumn 1842
Height	12 metres (39 ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor	Black Sea Fleet

Snake Island campaign
Part of the Black Sea Campaigns of the Eastern Front of World War II
Soviet cruiser Voroshilov
Date 23 June 1941 – 30 August 1944 Location Snake Island, Romania Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Romania  Nazi Germany	Soviet Union
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1 cruiser damaged 1 submarine sunk 44+ killed

Coordinates: 45°15′18″N 30°12′15″E / 45.25500°N 30.20417°E / 45.25500; 30.20417 Snake Island (Greek: "Fidonisi" - Φιδονήσι), also known as Serpent Island (Romanian: Insula Șerpilor, Ukrainian: Зміїний, Russian: Змеиный), is an island located in the Black Sea, near the Danube Delta.

The island is populated. A rural settlement of Bile was established in February 2007.

The islet was part of border dispute between Romania and Ukraine in 2004–2009, during which Romania contested the technical definition of the island and borders around it. The territorial limits of the continental shelf around Snake Island were delineated by the International Court of Justice in 2009.

Snake Island is an igneous rock formation located 35 km from the coast, east of the mouth of the Danube River. The island's coordinates are 45°15′18″N 30°12′15″E / 45.25500°N 30.20417°E / 45.25500; 30.20417. The island is X-shaped, 690 meters from S-W to N-E by 682 meters from N-W to S-E, covering an area of 0.205 km². The highest area is 41 metres (135 ft) above sea level. The island does not have a prominently featured mountain, but rather a low-slope hill.