Ai-Petri | |
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Cablecar ascending Ai-Petri
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,234.2 m (4,049 ft) |
Coordinates | 44°27′4″N 34°3′10″E / 44.45111°N 34.05278°E |
Geography | |
Parent range | Crimean Mountains |
Ai-Petri (Ukrainian: Ай-Петрі, Russian: Ай-Петри, Crimean Tatar: Ay Petri); (translated from Greek. Saint Peter) is a peak in the Crimean Mountains. For administrative purposes it is in the Yalta municipality of Crimea. The name has Greek origin, and is translated as St. Peter (Greek: Άγιος Πέτρος).
Ai-Petri is one of the windiest places in Crimea. The wind blows for 125 days a year, reaching a speed of 50 m/s (110 mph).
The peak is located above the city of Alupka and the town of Koreiz.
There is a cable car that takes passengers from a station near Alupka to the main area in Ai-Petri.
A panoramic view from Ai-Petri.
View of Ai-Petri from Vorontsov's Palace in Alupka.
View on Ai-Petri
View of Ai-Petri from Vorontsov's Palace in Alupka.
Ai-Petri in the 1850s, by Carlo Bossoli