Tarkhankut Peninsula

Crimea

The Tarkhankut Peninsula (Тарханкутський півострів, (Russian: Тарханкутский полуостров, Crimean Tatar: Tarhanqut yarımadası)) is the peninsula which constitutes the western extremity of Crimea into the Black sea. Its northern shore is on the Karkinit Bay. [1] Its westernost point is Cape Priboyny, to the south of it is Cape Tarkhankut. The terrain of the peninsula is the Tarkhankut Highlands.

References

  1. ↑ Article "Тарханкутский полуостров" in Great Soviet Encyclopedia

Coordinates: 45°25′00″N 32°40′00″E / 45.4167°N 32.6667°E / 45.4167; 32.6667

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