Crimean Mountains
Mountain range along the southeastern coast of Crimea
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- Qırım dağları (Crimean Tatar)
- Кримські гори (Ukrainian)
- Крымские горы (Russian)
The Crimean Mountains[a] or Yayla Mountains /jaɪːlə/, /jeɪːlæ/ are a range of mountains running parallel to the south-eastern coast of Crimea, between about 8–13 kilometers (5–8 miles) from the sea. Toward the west, the mountains drop steeply to the Black Sea, and to the east, they change slowly into a steppe landscape.
Subranges
The Crimean Mountains consist of three subranges. The highest is the Main Range, which is subdivided into several yaylas or mountain plateaus (yayla or yaylak is Turkic for "alpine meadow"). They are:
- Baydar yayla
- Ai-Petri yayla
- Yalta yayla
- Nikita yayla
- Hurzuf yayla
- Babugan yayla
- Chatyr-Dag yayla
- Dologorukovskaya (Subatkan) yayla
- Demirci yayla
- Qarabiy yayla
Highest peaks
Crimea's highest peak is the Roman-Kosh on the Babugan Yayla at 1,545 metres (5,069 ft). Other important peaks over 1,200 metres include:
- Demir-Kapu (Ukrainian: Демір-Капу, Russian: Демир-Капу, Crimean Tatar: Demir Qapı) 1,540 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Zeytin-Kosh (Ukrainian: Зейтин-Кош; Russian: Зейтин-Кош, Crimean Tatar: Zeytün Qoş) 1,537 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Kemal-Egerek (Ukrainian: Кемаль-Егерек, Russian: Кемаль-Эгерек, Crimean Tatar: Kemal Egerek) 1,529 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Eklizi-Burun (Ukrainian: Еклізі-Бурун, Russian: Эклизи-Бурун, Crimean Tatar: Eklizi Burun) 1,527 m in the Chatyrdag Yayla;
- Lapata (Ukrainian: Лапата; Russian: Лапата, Crimean Tatar: Lapata) 1,406 m in the Yaltynska Yayla, Yalta Yaylası;
- Northern Demirji (Ukrainian: Північний Демірджі, Russian: Северный Демирджи, Crimean Tatar: Şimaliy Demirci) 1,356 m in the Demirci Yayla;
- Ai-Petri (Ukrainian: Ай-Петрі, Russian: Ай-Петри, Crimean Tatar: Ay Petri) 1,234 m in the Ay Petri Yaylası.
Passes and rivers
The passes over the Crimean Mountains are (from east to west):
- Angarskyi Pass (752m) near Perevalne, on a road from Alushta to Simferopol
- Okhotnyche (1185m) near Ai-Petri mountain peak, on the road from Yalta to Bakhchysarai
- Baydar Gate (503m) near Foros, connecting Baydar Valley and the sea coast
- Laspi Pass (350m) near Cape Aya, on a road from Yalta to Sevastopol.
Rivers of the Crimean Mountains include the Alma River, Chernaya River, and Salhir River on the northern slope and Uchan-su River on the southern slope which forms the Uchan-su waterfall, and the highest waterfall in Crimea.
History
Archaeologists have found the earliest anatomically modern humans in Europe in the Crimean Mountains' Buran-Kaya caves. The fossils are 32,000 years old, with the artifacts linked to the Gravettian culture. The fossils have cut marks suggesting a post-mortem defleshing ritual.[1][2]
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Mountain plateau of Chatyr-Dag mountain -
The Crimean Mountains
See also
- Tepe-Kermen
- Perchem
- Yuke-Tepe (1025)
Notes
- ^ Crimean Tatar: Qırım dağları; Ukrainian: Кримські гори; Russian: Крымские горы; Turkish: Yayla Dağları
References
- ^ Prat, Sandrine; Péan, Stéphane C.; Crépin, Laurent; Drucker, Dorothée G.; Puaud, Simon J.; Valladas, Hélène; Lázničková-Galetová, Martina; van der Plicht, Johannes; et al. (17 June 2011). "The Oldest Anatomically Modern Humans from Far Southeast Europe: Direct Dating, Culture and Behavior". PLOS ONE. 6 (6). plosone: e20834. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620834P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020834. PMC 3117838. PMID 21698105.
- ^ Carpenter, Jennifer (20 June 2011). "Early human fossils unearthed in Ukraine". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
External links
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- Sevastopol
- Republic of Crimea (Russia)
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- Greek Crimea
- Crimea in the Roman era
- Cherson (theme)
- Bosporan Kingdom)
- Akatziri
- Khazars
- Crimean Goths
- Kipchaks
- Empire of Trebizond
- Genoese Crimea
- Genoese–Mongol Wars
- Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689
- Crimean Khanate
- 1783 annexation by Russia
- Crimean War
- Soviet period
- Republic of Crimea (1992–1995)
- President of Crimea (historical)
- 2003 Tuzla Island conflict
- 2014 status referendum
- 2014 annexation by Russia
- Supreme Council of Crimea (until 2014) (Chairman)
- Prime Minister of Crimea (until 2014)
- Council of Ministers (until 2014)
- Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
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