The Tarkhankut Upland or Tarkhankut Hills is a

highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

that covers most of the

Tarkhankut Peninsula The Tarkhankut Peninsula ( uk, Тарханкутський півострів, russian: Тарханкутский полуостров, ) is the peninsula which constitutes the western extremity of Crimea into the Black Sea. Its northern shore ...

. It is part of the . Its highest point is Melovoy Uval, 176 m. (In Russian

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, ' is a type of elongated, elevated terrain). The Melovoy Uval is abundant in

kurgan A kurgan is a type of tumulus constructed over a grave, often characterized by containing a single human body along with grave vessels, weapons and horses. Originally in use on the Pontic–Caspian steppe, kurgans spread into much of Central Asi ...

s, and remnants of ancient settlements, including a

hillfort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

at the highest point. In fact, stony kurgans are present in onther places of the highland, unevenly distributed. The Tarkhankut Wind Farm (Tarkhankut Wind Plant, ) is a

wind power Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to electricity generation, generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable energy, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller Environmental impact of wi ...

plant located at

Donuzlav Lake Donuzlav ( rus, Донузлав) also referred to as Donuzlav Bay is the deepest lakeOliferov, A.M. Donuzlav (ДОНУЗЛА́В)'. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. of Crimea () and biggest in Chornomorske Raion (). It is a protected landsc ...

lake on the Tarkhankut Upland. It is a state property. Its construction was contracted to Windenergo Ltd., At the commissioning date of November 30, 2001, 21

wind turbine A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...

s were installed with total capacity of 2.26 MW. The planned capacity was 70 MW.THE NATIONAL STRATEGY OF UKRAINE FOR JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AND EMISSIONS TRADING PROJECT PIPELINE
Kyiv, 2003 (retrieved July 12, 2015)

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