Kerch Bay
Kerch Bay is a bay of the Sea of Azov and Strait of Kerch in the eastern Crimea region. It is located at the eastern Kerch Peninsula, near the municipality of Kerch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Kerch Roads” and “Kertch Roads”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.) and Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kerch.
Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.)
Archaeological site
Photo: PIRZKHGL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pantikapaion was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat. Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.) is situated 2½ km west of Kerch Bay.
Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kerch
Church
Photo: Anatoly Shcherbak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist is a Christian church located in the city center of Kerch, Crimea. Built in the Byzantine architectural style, it is noted for the candy-striping in its façade.
Mount Mithridat
Peak
Photo: Clipper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Mithridat is a large hill located in the center of Kerch, a city on the eastern Kerch Peninsula of Crimea. It is 91.4 metres in elevation. From the top of Mount Mithridat a scenic view spreads across the Strait of Kerch and the city of Kerch. Mount Mithridat is situated 2½ km west of Kerch Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerch and Yehorove.
Kerch
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kerch, is a city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea. It was decorated by the Soviet Union as a "Hero City" of World War II.
Yehorove
Village
Yehorove is a village in Lenine Raion, Crimea. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the native languages of the inhabitants of the village were 89.29% Russian, 8.93% Ukrainian, and 1.79% Belarusian. Yehorove is situated 5 km north of Kerch Bay.
Kerch Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Kerch Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kerchens’ka Bukhta”
- Croatian: “Kerčki zaljev”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ קרץ‘”
- Persian: “خلیج کرچ”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Querche”
- Russian: “Kerchenskaya Bukhta”
- Russian: “Kerchenskiy Zaliv”
- Russian: “Керченская бухта”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Kerch”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Kerch”
- Ukrainian: “Kerchens’ka Bukhta”
- Ukrainian: “Керченська бухта”
- Ukrainian: “Керченська Бухта”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal and Kerch.
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