Crimean Mountains
| Crimean Mountains | |
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 Twilight on Demerdji Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Roman-Kosh |
| Elevation | 1,545 m (5,069 ft) |
| Coordinates | 44°36′47″N 34°14′36″E / 44.61306°N 34.24333°E |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Southern Crimea |
| Range coordinates | 44°45′N 34°30′E / 44.750°N 34.500°E |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Cretaceous |
The Crimean Mountains (Template:Lang-uk, translit. Krymski hory; Template:Lang-ru, translit. Krymskie gory; Template:Lang-crh) are a range of mountains running parallel to the south-eastern coast of Crimea, between about 8–13 kilometers (5.0–8.1 miles) from the sea. Toward the west, the mountains drop steeply to the Black Sea, and to the east, they change slowly into a steppe landscape.
The Crimean Mountains consist of three subranges. The highest is the Main range. The Main range is subdivided into several masses, known as yaylas or mountain plateaus (Yayla is Crimean Tatar for "Alpine Meadow"). They are:
- Baydar Yayla
- Ay-Petri Yayla
- Yalta Yayla
- Nikita Yayla
- Hurzuf Yayla
- Babugan Yayla
- Chatyr-Dag Yayla
- Dologorukovskaya (Subatkan) Yayla
- Demirji Yayla
- Karabi Yayla
Highest peaks
The Crimea's highest peak is the Roman-Kosh (Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) on the Babugan Yayla at 1,545 metres (5,069 ft). Other important peaks over 1,200 metres include:
- Demir-Kapu (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) 1,540 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Zeytin-Kosh (Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) 1,537 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Kemal-Egerek (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) 1,529 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Eklizi-Burun (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) 1,527 m in the Chatyrdag Yayla;
- Lapata (Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) 1,406 m in the Yaltynska Yayla, Yalta Yaylası;
- Northern Demirji (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) 1,356 m in the Demirci Yayla;
- Ai-Petri (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-crh) 1,234 m in the Ay Petri Yaylası.
Passes and rivers
The passes over the Crimean Mountains are:
- Angarskyi Pass near Perevalne, on a road from Alushta to Simferopol
- Baydar Gate near Foros, connecting Baydar Valley and the sea coast
- Laspi Pass near Cape Aya, on a road from Yalta to Sevastopol.
Rivers of the Crimean Mountains include the Alma River, Chernaya River, and Salhir River on the northern slope and Uchan-su River on the southern slope which forms the Uchan-su waterfall, a popular tourist attraction and highest waterfall in Crimea.
History
Archaeologists have found the earliest anatomically modern humans in Europe in the Crimean mountains' Buran-Kaya caves. The fossils are 32,000 years old, with the artifacts linked to the Gravettian culture. The fossils have cut marks suggesting a post-mortem defleshing ritual.[1][2]
Gallery
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Mountain plateau of Chatyr-Dag mountain -
Crimean mountains
See also
References
- ^ Prat, Sandrine; Péan, Stéphane C.; Crépin, Laurent; Drucker, Dorothée G.; Puaud, Simon J.; Valladas, Hélène; Lázničková-Galetová, Martina; van der Plicht, Johannes; et al. (17 June 2011). "The Oldest Anatomically Modern Humans from Far Southeast Europe: Direct Dating, Culture and Behavior". plosone. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020834.
- ^ Carpenter, Jennifer (20 June 2011). "Early human fossils unearthed in Ukraine". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
External links
- Crimean mountains - view on all parts of mountains of Crimea
- Mountains of Crimea - Great collection of Crimean mountains from private mountain guide Sergey Sorokin
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