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Kerch Peninsula
The Kerch Peninsula is a major and prominent geographic peninsula located at the eastern end of the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. This peninsula stretches eastward toward the Taman peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Most of the peninsula is located within the Lenine Raion. Names In Classical Antiquity, the area was known as the "Rough Peninsula" (Greek: Χερσόνησος Τραχεία, la, Chersonesus Trachea). In Slavic languages, its pronunciation does not vary by much: uk, Керченський півострів, ''Kerchenskyi Pivostriv''; crh, Keriç yarımadası, ''Kerich Yarymadasy''; russian: Керченский полуостров, ''Kyerchyenskii Polu'ostrov''. Geography The Kerch Peninsula is almost completely surrounded by water and only to the west connects with the rest of Crimea by the Isthmus of Ak-Monay which is only wide (from the southern end of the Arabat Spit to the town of Primorsky (Khafuz), Feodosiya). On elevated portions o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a population of 2.4 million. The peninsula is almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia. The Arabat Spit, located to the northeast, is a narrow strip of land that separates the Sivash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. Across the Black Sea to the west lies Romania and to the south is Turkey. Crimea (called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period) has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the steppe. Greeks colonized its southern fringe and were absorbed by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Arabat
The Bay of Arabat, ( uk, Арабатська затока, russian: Арабатский залив, crh, Arabat körfezi), is in the southwestern Azov Sea in eastern Europe. It is located along the northwestern coast of the Kerch Peninsula and northeastern coast of Crimea. See also * Arabat Spit The Arabat Spit ( uk, Арабатська коса; russian: Арабатская коса) or Arabat Arrow is a spit (landform), barrier spit that separates the large, shallow and very salty Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. The spit runs ... * Geography of Crimea External links The Arabat Tragedy* Bays of Crimea Kerch Peninsula Bays of the Sea of Azov {{Crimea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqtas Lake
Aqtas Lake or Aktashskoye ( crh, Aqtaş gölü, russian: Акта́шское о́зеро) is a drying salt lake at the Kerch peninsula in the Lenine Raion, Crimea. The lake belongs to the Kerch group of lakes. Its name means ''White Mount''. Its water supplies it receives from the . Lake is connected with the |
Tobechytske Lake
Tobechytske Lake (Russian: Тобечи́кское о́зеро, Ukrainian: Тобечикське озеро, Crimean Tatar: Тöbeçik gölü) is a salt lake in the south of the Kerch Peninsula in the Lenine Raion district of Crimea. The lake belongs to the Kerch group of lakes. The villages of Ohon'ky and Chelyadinove are located to the north of the lake, Kostyrine to the south, and the city of Kerch Kerch ( uk, Керч; russian: Керчь, ; Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ; Ancient Greek: , ''Pantikápaion''; Medieval Greek: ''Bosporos''; crh, , ; tr, Kerç) is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of t ... to the north-east.Surface water resources of the USSR. Volume 6: Ukraine and Moldova. Issue 4: Crimea. Under. ed. by M. M. Eisenberg and M. S. Kaganer. — L. Gidrometeoizdat. 1966. 344 s. References {{Crimea-geo-stub Lakes of Crimea Lakes of Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koyashskoye Salt Lake
Koyashskoye or Koyashs'ke is a salt lake on the coast of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, separated from the Black Sea by a strip of land. It is 4 kilometers long, 2 kilometers wide and a meter deep. The lake has the particularity to have a pink to scarlet color, depending on the light, due to the presence of microscopic algae living in the water. When the water evaporates, the salt in the lake crystallizes on the stones and the shores, producing crystal stones and the scent of viola. Uzunlarske Lake Uzunlarske Lake ( Russian: Узунла́рское о́зеро, Ukrainian: Узунларське озеро, Crimean Tatar: Uzunlar gölü) is a salt lake in the south of the Kerch Peninsula in the Lenine Raion district of Crimea. The lake be ... is located directly west. This location is considered healing and is appreciated by some locals. It is not widely known to the tourists. References * * {{cite web , url=http://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/583270/The-Koyashsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
