Snake Island (Black Sea)
Coordinates: 45°15′18″N 30°12′15″E / 45.255°N 30.20417°E / 45.255; 30.20417 Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island, (Ukrainian: Острів Зміїний, Ostriv Zmiinyi; Romanian: Insula şerpilor), is a Ukrainian island located in the Black Sea near the Danube Delta.
The island is populated. A rural settlement of Bile was established in February 2007, which is part of the Vylkove city, Kiliya Raion, Odessa Oblast.
The island was at the center of a dispute between Romania and Ukraine. The territorial limits of the continental shelf around Snake Island were delineated by the International Court of Justice in 2009.
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