Crimean Mountains

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The Crimean Mountains (Ukrainian ???????? ????, translit. Krymski hory;
Russian ???????? ????, translit. Krymskie gory; Crimean Tatar Qirim daglari) are a
range of mountains running parallel to the south-eastern coast of Crimea, between
about 813 kilometers (58 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.

The Crimean Mountains consist of three subranges. The highest is the Main range.
The Main range is subdivided into several masses, known as yaylas or mountain
plateaus (Yayla is Crimean Tatar for Alpine Meadow). They are

Baydar Yayla
Ay-Petri Yayla
Yalta Yayla
Nikita Yayla
Hurzuf Yayla
Babugan Yayla
Chatyr-Dag Yayla
Dologorukovskaya (Subatkan) Yayla
Demirji Yayla
Karabi Yayla
Contents [hide]
1 Highest Peaks
2 Passes and Rivers
3 History
4 Gallery
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Highest Peaks[edit]
The Crimea's highest peak is the Roman-Kosh (Ukrainian ?????-???;
Russian ?????-???, Crimean Tatar Roman Qos) on the Babugan Yayla at 1,545 metres
(5,069 ft). Other important peaks over 1,200 metres include

Demir-Kapu (Ukrainian ?????-????, Russian ?????-????, Crimean Tatar Demir Qapi)

1,540 m in the Babugan Yayla;
Zeytin-Kosh (Ukrainian ??????-???; Russian ??????-???, Crimean Tatar Zeytn Qos)
1,537 m in the Babugan Yayla;
Kemal-Egerek (Ukrainian ??????-??????, Russian ??????-??????, Crimean Tatar Kemal
Egerek) 1,529 m in the Babugan Yayla;
Eklizi-Burun (Ukrainian ??????-?????, Russian ??????-?????, Crimean Tatar Eklizi
Burun) 1,527 m in the Chatyrdag Yayla;
Lapata (Ukrainian ??????; Russian ??????, Crimean Tatar Lapata) 1,406 m in the
Yaltynska Yayla, Yalta Yaylasi;
Northern Demirji (Ukrainian ????????? ????????, Russian ???????? ????????, Crimean
Tatar Simaliy Demirci) 1,356 m in the Demirci Yayla;
Ai-Petri (Ukrainian ??-?????, Russian ??-?????, Crimean Tatar Ay Petri) 1,234 m in
the Ay Petri Yaylasi.
Passes and Rivers[edit]
The most important passes over the Crimean Mountains are

Angarskyi Pass near the Perevalnoye village, on a road from Alushta to Simferopol
Baydar Pass near Foros, connecting Baydar Valley and the sea coast
Laspi Pass 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, a popular tourist attraction and highest waterfall in
Ukraine.

History[edit]
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]

Gallery[edit]

Karabi mountain plateau

Karabi mountain plateau

Mountain plateau of Karabi

Mountain plateau of Chatyr-Dag mountain

Crimean mountains
See also[edit]
Crimea
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Prat, Sandrine; Pan, Stphane C.; Crpin, Laurent; Drucker, Dorothe G.;
Puaud, Simon J.; Valladas, Hlne; Lznickov-Galetov, Martina; van der Plicht,
Johannes; et al. (17 June 2011). The Oldest Anatomically Modern Humans from Far
Southeast Europe Direct Dating, Culture and Behavior. plosone. Retrieved 21 June
2011.
Jump up ^ Carpenter, Jennifer (20 June 2011). Early human fossils unearthed in
Ukraine. BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crimean Mountains.
Crimean mountains - view on all parts of mountains of Crimea
Mountains of Crimea - Great collection of Crimean mountains from private mountain
guide Sergey Sorokin
Coordinates 4445'N 3430'E

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