Kerch Peninsula
Kerch Peninsula | |
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Coordinates: 45°15′N 36°00′E / 45.250°N 36.000°E | |
Location | Crimea |
Part of | Crimea |
The Kerch Peninsula is a major and prominent geographic
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
In Slavic languages, its pronunciation does not vary by much: Ukrainian: Керченський півострів, Kerchenskyi Pivostriv; Crimean Tatar: 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
The widest portion of the Kerch Peninsula is between the Kazan-Tip Cape (north) and Chauda Cape (south), that are 52 kilometres (32 mi) apart. The length of Kerch Peninsula is over 90 kilometres (56 mi), from the western portion of Aqmanai Isthmus to the Fonar Cape. The total area of the peninsula is 2,830 square kilometres (700,000 acres), which is just over 10% of the total area of the
The southern coast of the Kerch peninsula is washed by the
Capes
- Black Sea
- Chauda
- Opuk
- Takhil
- Sea of Azov
- Malyi
- Fonar
- Khroni
- Zyuk
- Chahany
- Kazan-Tip
- Kiten
- Krasny Kut
Lakes, rivers, bays
Beside the above-mentioned bays there are also Mysova bay and Tatarska bay, both located around the Kazan-Tip Cape making it look as a small peninsula.
Nature preserves
On the territory of the peninsula are located several natural preserves (zapovedniks):
- Opuksky Nature Reserve, the only place in Ukraine where rosy starlingsnest
- Kazan-Tip Natural Preserve
- Ostanine floodplains, a state zakaznik near settlement Ostanine
Historical sites
- Turkish wall, a defensive wall that stretches across the peninsula from Bay of Kazan-Tip to the lake of Koyashs'ke
See also
- Battle of the Kerch Peninsula — an offensive by the Axis powers against Soviet troops in World War II.
- Myrmekion
- Panticapaeum
- Siberia Airlines Flight 1812
- Opuk (mountain)
References
- ^ "Discover Ukraine : Places : Crimea : Kerch : Mud Volcanoes". discover-ukraine.info. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Mud Volcanoes of the Black Sea Region and their Environmental Significance". springerprofessional.de. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- S2CID 133127609– via Research Gate.
External links
- (in Russian) Kerch Peninsula at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- (in Russian) More detailed description of the peninsula by Arkadi Tebelev
- (in Russian) РЕКИ И БАЛКИ КЕРЧЕНСКОГО ПОЛУОСТРОВА
- Several maps of the region