Karkinit, Karkinitski, Carcinites, or Karkinitsky Bay ( uk, Каркінітська затока, ''Karkinits’ka zatoka''; russian: Каркинитский залив, ''Karkinitskiy zaliv'') is a
bay of the
Black Sea
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that separates the northwestern
Crimean Peninsula
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from the mainland
Ukraine
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. It was named after the
early Greek settlement of Kerkinitis (Κερκινίτης) on the Crimean coast in place of modern
Yevpatoria
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.
The northeastern tip of the Karkinitis Bay, by the
Isthmus of Perekop
The Isthmus of Perekop, literally Isthmus of the Trench ( uk, Перекопський перешийок; transliteration: ''Perekops'kyy pereshyyok''; russian: Перекопский перешеек; transliteration: ''Perekopskiy peresheek ...
, is known as the Perekop Bay or Gulf of Perekop.
The bay contains the preserve
Karkinits'ka Zatoka State Zakaznik.
On the Marcator's map of 16th century the bay is named as Golfo de Nigropoli after the city on north shores of the
Pontus Euxeinus
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
. Nigropoli was a city located on the Silch River that flows in a bosom of the Eusino Sea to the west of the Crimea forms its own Gulf.
According to
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
, another name for the Gulf of Carcinites was the Gulf of Tamyraca.
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
.
The Geography of Strabo
'. Volume 1. G. Bell & sons, 1903. page 473
Gallery
File:Map of Mercator Tavrica Chersones 1613.JPG, At the Mercator's map it is named as Golfo de Nigropoli
References
External links
The Mercator's map Barry Lawrence Ruderman, Antique Maps Inc.
Bays of the Black Sea
Bays of Ukraine
Bays of Crimea
Ramsar sites in Ukraine
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