Ai-Petri (, russian: Ай-Петри, uk, Ай-Петрі, sep=comma) is a peak in the Crimean Mountains. For administrative purposes it is in the

Yalta municipality Yalta City Municipality (russian: Я́лтинский городско́й сове́т; uk, Я́лтинська міська́ ра́да; crh, Yalta şeer şurası, Ялта шеэр шурасы), officially "the territory governed by the Ya ...

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 pop ...

. The name is of Greek origin, and translates as St. Peter ( el, Άγιος Πέτρος).

Overview

Ai-Petri is one of the windiest places in

. The wind blows for 125 days a year, reaching a speed of .Ai-Petri Mountain
(in Russian) The peak is located above the city of

Alupka Alupka (Ukrainian and Russian: Алу́пка; crh, Alupka; gr, Ἀλώπηξ, Alòpex) is a resort city located in the Crimean peninsula, a territory of Ukraine currently annexed by Russian Federation (see 2014 Crimean crisis). It is located t ...

and the town of

Koreiz Koreiz (, , ) is an urban-type settlement lying south-west of Yalta in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of ...

. There is a cable car that takes passengers from a station near Alupka to the main area in Ai-Petri.

Climate

Images

Image:Ai-Petri Mountain (Klymenko).jpg, A panoramic view from Ai-Petri. Image:Alupka - view from palace to Ai-Petri.jpg, View of Ai-Petri from Vorontsov's Palace in

. Image:Ai-Petri5.jpg, View on Ai-Petri Image:Ay Petri (Ai-Petri) dağları.jpg, View of Ai-Petri from Vorontsov's Palace in Alupka. File:Карло Боссоли. Вершины горы Ай-Петри.jpg, Ai-Petri in the 1850s, by Carlo Bossoli

References

Crimean Mountains Yalta Municipality One-thousanders of Ukraine {{Crimea-geo-stub