Natural Preserve
On the territory of the peninsula are located several natural preserves (zapovedniks):
- Opuk Natural Preserve, the only place in Ukraine where Rosy Starlings nest
- Kazan-Tip Natural Preserve
- Ostanine floodplains, a state zakaznik near settlement Ostanine
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