Kimmerikon
Kimmerikón was an ancient Greek city in Crimea, on the southern shore of the Kerch Peninsula, at the western slope of Opuk mountain, roughly 40 kilometres southwest of modern Kerch.- Type: Locality
- Description: ancient Greek city in Crimea
- Also known as: “Городище Киммерик (Киммерикон)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Opuk and Koyashskoye Salt Lake.
Opuk
Peak
Photo: Robert Niedźwiedzki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Opuk is a mountain 183 meters high, located on Opuk cape, on the southern tip of the Kerch Peninsula, in Crimea, the highest point in the area. The Opuk massif was declared the Opuk Nature Reserve in 1998.
Koyashskoye Salt Lake
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yakovenkovo and Vyaznikovo.
Yakovenkovo
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yakovenkovo is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Kimmerikon.
Maryevka
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marivka, is a village in Lenine Raion, Crimea. Maryevka is situated 8 km north of Kimmerikon.
Kimmerikon
- Categories: archaeological site, human settlement, polis, and historic site
- Location: Kerch City Council, Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.04375° or 45° 2′ 38″ northLongitude
36.2317° or 36° 13′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8GQR26VJ+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1243718008OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q619131
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Satellite Map
Discover Kimmerikon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Kimmerikon” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cimmèricon”
- Catalan: “Kimmerikon”
- Catalan: “Kimmèrikon”
- Catalan: “Kimmèrion”
- Chinese: “辛梅里孔”
- Dutch: “Kimmerikon”
- Finnish: “Kimmerikon”
- French: “Cimmericum”
- French: “Kimmerikon”
- Greek: “Κιμμερικόν”
- Irish: “Kimmerikon”
- Italian: “Cimmerico”
- Kazakh: “Киммерик”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kimmerikon”
- Norwegian: “Kimmerikon”
- Polish: “Cimmericum”
- Polish: “Kimmerikon”
- Polish: “Psoa”
- Russian: “Киммерик”
- Russian: “Киммерикон”
- Spanish: “Cimerico”
- Spanish: “Cimérico”
- Ukrainian: “Городище Кіммерік (Кіммерікон)”
- Ukrainian: “Кімерик”
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Notable Places Nearby
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