Cape Nikolai ( Ukrainian mis . Mikolaya ) is a cape on the southern coast of Crimea , one of the southernmost points of the Crimean peninsula (another cape Sarych ). It extends into the Black Sea [2] .
| cape nicholas | |
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| Ukrainian Mies Mikolaja | |
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| Water area | Black Sea |
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| Region | Crimea |
According to some sources, the cape was named the cape of St. Nicholas - in honor of the patron saint of sailors Nicholas the Wonderworker , in Soviet times, this name was changed to Cape Nicholas [3] . According to other sources, the cape is probably named after the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Nikolai Nikolaevich Raevsky , to whom Emperor Alexander I presented Tesseli's dacha near the cape [4] .
Foros [2] is 1 km from Cape Nikolai, the distance to the center of Sevastopol is about 33 km, to Yalta - about 32 km. To the west of the cape is Cape Sarych [2] .
The cape is directly adjacent to the Foros children's health camp, located on the territory of the Foros sanatorium [5] .
At the cape there is a frontier post.
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula , most of which is the subject of territorial disagreements between Russia , which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine , within the borders of which the disputed territory is recognized by the international community. According to the federal structure of Russia , the subjects of the Russian Federation are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol . According to the administrative division of Ukraine , the regions of Ukraine are located in the disputed territory of Crimea - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status Sevastopol .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Map sheet L-36-128 Sevastopol . Scale: 1: 100,000. Status of the terrain for 1984. 1989 Edition
- ↑ Jena A.V. Passes of the mountain Crimea: popular science essay-guide. - Business Inform, 2005. - S. 71. - 252 p.
- ↑ Belova S.L. Raevskys and Crimea. - Business Inform, 2006. - S. 124. - 205 p.
- ↑ Online map of Ukraine