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 between the Sea of Azov and the .
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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.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Kerch Peninsula.

Suburb
Photo: Kosun, CC0.
is a suburb, which is situated 7 km east of Kerch Peninsula.

Kerch Peninsula

Latitude
45.26405° or 45° 15′ 51″ north
Longitude
36.08913° or 36° 5′ 21″ east
Elevation
117 metres (384 feet)
Open location code
8GQR737Q+JM
Geo­Names ID
706521
Wiki­data ID
Q2084527
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Satellite Map

Discover Kerch Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kerch Peninsula”. Photo: Katerinamir7, CC BY-SA 3.0.