Kerch Peninsula
The Kerch Peninsula is a major and prominent geographic peninsula located at the eastern end of the Crimean Peninsula. This peninsula stretches eastward toward the Taman Peninsula between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: eastern portion of Crimea
- Also known as: “Kerchenskiy Poluostrov” and “Kertch Peninsula”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Novosyolovka and Fontan.
Kerch Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kerch Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կերչի թերակղզի”
- Azerbaijani: “Kerç yarımadası”
- Basque: “Kertxeko penintsula”
- Belarusian: “Керчанскі паўвостраў”
- Breton: “Ledenez Kertch”
- Bulgarian: “Керченски полуостров”
- Catalan: “península de Kertx”
- Catalan: “Península de Kertx”
- Cebuano: “Kerchens’kyy Pivostriv”
- Chinese: “刻赤半岛”
- Crimean Tatar: “Keriç yarımadası”
- Croatian: “Kerčki poluotok”
- Czech: “Kerčský poloostrov”
- Dutch: “Kerch Peninsula”
- Dutch: “Kertsj”
- Eastern Mari: “Керчь пелотро”
- Esperanto: “Kerĉa duoninsulo”
- Finnish: “Keretšin niemi”
- Finnish: “Kertshin niemi”
- Finnish: “Kertshinniemi”
- Finnish: “Kertšin niemi”
- Finnish: “Kertšin niemimaa”
- Finnish: “Kertšinniemi”
- French: “péninsule de Kertch”
- French: “Péninsule de Kertch”
- Georgian: “ქერჩის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Halbinsel Kertsch”
- German: “Kertsch”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος του Κερτς”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי קרץ‘”
- Italian: “Penisola di Kerč‘”
- Italian: “Penisola di Kerč’”
- Japanese: “ケルチ半島”
- Kazakh: “Керіш түбегі”
- Kazakh: “Керчь түбегі”
- Kirghiz: “Керчь жарым аралы”
- Latin: “Chersonesus Trachea”
- Latvian: “Kerčas pussala”
- Lithuanian: “Kerčės pusiasalis”
- Low German: “Kertsch”
- Macedonian: “Керчки Полуостров”
- Malayalam: “കെർഷ് ഉപദ്വീപ്”
- Mingrelian: “ქერჩიშ ჩქონი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kertsjhalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Kertsjhalvøya”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره کرچ”
- Polish: “Półwysep Kerczeński”
- Portuguese: “Península de Kerch”
- Portuguese: “Península de Querche”
- Romanian: “peninsula Kerci”
- Russian: “Керченский полуостров”
- Russian: “Керченский пролив”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kerč”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Kerch”
- Spanish: “Península de Kerch”
- Swedish: “Kertjhalvön”
- Tatar: “Керич ярымутравы”
- Tatar: “Киреч ярымутравы”
- Turkish: “Kerç Yarımadası”
- Ukrainian: “Kerchenskyi Pivostriv”
- Ukrainian: “Керченський півострів”
- Ukrainian: “Керченський Півострів”
- Uzbek: “Kerch yarim oroli”
- Uzbek: “Kerch Yarim Oroli”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Kerch”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Novosyolovka and Novonikolayevka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khrebet Kamenistyy and Hora Pidkova.
Crimea: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta, and Kerch.
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