Yalta Bay is a bay in the northern part of the Black Sea [2] .
| Yalta Bay | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Yalta | |
 View of the Yalta Bay and Yalta from the Iograph | |
| Specifications | |
| Bay Type | the bay |
| Location | |
| Upstream water area | Black Sea |
| A country |
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| Region | Crimea |
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Description
It extends to the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula for 3 km. The width at the entrance is about 13 km. The maximum depth is over 75 m. From the west, the bay is bounded by Cape Ai-Todor [2] , about 90 meters high. From the east, the bay is bordered by Cape Nikitin [2] . Cape John and Montodor stand out on the coast of the bay. The shores are rocky, steep [2] .
On the northwestern coast of the bay is a resort city of Yalta , from the name of which it takes the name of the bay. On the bay there is the Yalta port and the Yalta commercial sea port , many boarding houses and resorts [2] .
History
On October 12, 2016, the ASPTR-1 floating crane, which carried out work at the port of the Artek International Children's Center , sank at night in the area of the village of Livadia , 4 kilometers from the coast. The ship moved from the village of Gurzuf in the direction of Sevastopol. On board was a crew of eight people. Five crew members were rescued, searches for three people were continued. Rescue operations involving aviation and hundreds of rescuers were hampered by a four-point storm. The saved were delivered to Balaklava Bay . Three of the missing were later declared dead. [3]
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature is located in the waters adjacent to 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 4 5 Card sheet L-36-129-B .
- ↑ More than a hundred rescuers work at the site of the collapse of a floating crane in the Crimea . sputniknews.ru ( 10/12/2016 ).
Literature
- Grinevetsky S.R., Zonn I.S., Zhiltsov S.S. Yalta Bay // Black Sea Encyclopedia. M .: International Relations, 2006, - S. 585 - ISBN 5-7133-1273-9