Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal

Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal is a channel in Ukraine. Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal is situated nearby to the locality Novo-Karantinnaya Slobodka, as well as near Voykovo.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.) and Mount Mithridat.

Panticapaeum (6c B.C. - 3c A.D.)

Archaeological site

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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 3 km northwest of Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal.

Mount Mithridat

Peak

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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 3 km northwest of Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal.

Fortress Kerch

Museum

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Kerch Fortress is a fortress in eastern Crimea, located on Cape Ak-Burun at the narrowest point of the Kerch Strait. Built in the 19th century, the fortress was originally intended to protect the southern border of the Russian Empire. Fortress Kerch is situated 3 km southwest of Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kerch and Yehorove.

Kerch

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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

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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 6 km north of Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal.

Aji-Mushkay

Suburb

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Aji-Mushkay is a suburb, which is situated 6 km north of Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal.

Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal

Type: Channel
Also known as: “Kerchenskiy Podkhodnyy Kanal”
Category: body of water
Location: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude

45.33556° or 45° 20′ 8″ north

Longitude

36.50167° or 36° 30′ 6″ east

Open location code

8GQR8GP2+6M

GeoNames ID

826044

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In Other Languages

“Kerchens’kyy Pidkhidnyy Kanal” goes by many names.

Ukrainian: “Керченський підхідний канал”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Novo-Karantinnaya Slobodka and Voykovo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kerch Bay and Mys Ak-Burun.

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