Plaka ( Ukrainian. Plaka , Crimean Tat. Plaka, Plaka ; flat stone, Greek. ) - Cape on the southern coast of Crimea . In 1947 he received the status of a monument of nature .
| Cape Plaka | |
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 Cape Plaka | |
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| Water area | Black Sea |
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| Region | Crimea |
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Description
This original natural composition in the shape of a mushroom resembles in profile an owl or a Pekingese dog. In ancient times, the fortification and the lighthouse point of Lambas were located on the cape (torch, lamp - Greek).
Dimensions
Height - 50 meters, length - about 330 meters.
Geological structure
Composed of greenish porphyry , a stone of magmatic origin. Scientists estimate that during the geological formation of the Plaka massif ( 150 million years ago), the pressure of the molten magma was about one thousand kilograms per square centimeter . Large crystals of feldspar and dark minerals are scattered in a uniform dense mass.
The shape of the array can be judged by superbly pronounced extended reservoir cracks dividing it into powerful “shells” one meter thick and more.
In the northeastern part of the cape , which was almost completely freed from the compacted clays and sandstones of the Tauride series, and at the same time almost not affected by the destruction, there are “tapes” of black dense rock , resembling basalt . In cross-sections of stone "shells" it is clear that the "tapes" go deep into the array and wedge out. This is nothing more than a clayey material that is injected under pressure into gaping cracks in the massif when magma is introduced [2] .
Attractions
- Remains of the family crypt of the Gagarins and the Borozdins
- House Church Gagarins, built in the Byzantine-Georgian style by Nikolai Krasnov
- Palace of Princess Gagarina
Notes
- ↑ This geographical object is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula , most of which is the object of territorial disputes between Russia , which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine , within the borders of which are recognized by the international community, the disputed territory is located. According to the federal structure of Russia , in the disputed territory of the Crimea, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation are located - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal importance Sevastopol . According to the administrative division of Ukraine , in the disputed territory of the Crimea are located the regions of Ukraine - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with a special status Sevastopol .
- ↑ Crimea Geology: Cape Plaka (Inaccessible reference is history ) .