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The Baydar Gate (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the Crimean Mountains connecting the
The Baydar Gate (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the Crimean Mountains connecting the Baidar Valley
The Baydar or Baydari valley sprawls for 16 km north-east in the Balaklava Raion of Sevastopol, Crimea. It is the source of the Chernaya River and the location of the Chernaya River Reservoir, Sevastopol's largest body of fresh water. Prehis ...
with the Black Sea
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, Rom ...
coast. It is enclosed by Mount Chelebi (657 m) and Mount Ckhu-Bair (705 m). The old Yalta
Yalta (: Я́лта) is a resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Cri ...
-Sevastopol
Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
highway, dating from the 1830s and seldom used today, passes through here. When the highway was completed in 1848, the so-called Propylaea were built of local limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
to commemorate the event. This Neoclassical gate offers scenic views, including that of the picturesque Foros Church
The Church of Christ's Resurrection (russian: Воскресенская церковь; uk, Церква Воскресіння Христового) is a popular tourist attraction close to the southernmost tip of the Crimea, known primarily fo ...
set atop a 400-metre cliff overlooking the sea coast.
See also
*Laspi Pass
The Laspi Pass (Ласпинский перевал) (350m) is the highest point of the Sevastopol- Yalta (South Coast) highway in the Crimea along the former route H19 renamed as 67K-1. It is located where the route enters the Yalta wooden mountai ...
- a neighbouring mountain pass, the one normally used today
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* Mountain passes of Ukraine Landforms of Crimea Mountain passes of Russia {{Crimea-geo-stub