Cape Aya

Cape Aya
Мис Айя
Cape Aya
Location in Sevastopol
Location	Sevastopol,  Ukraine
Coordinates	44°25′44″N 33°38′56″E / 44.42889°N 33.64889°E / 44.42889; 33.64889Coordinates: 44°25′44″N 33°38′56″E / 44.42889°N 33.64889°E / 44.42889; 33.64889

Cape Aya ("the holy one" in Greek, Άγια) is a rocky promontory jutting out into the Black Sea southeast of Balaklava. This 13-km-long offspur of the Crimean Mountains separates Laspi Bay (to the east) from Balaklava Bay (to the west).

The highest point, Kokiya-Kiya (literally "Blue Cliff") is 559 m (1,834 ft). The headland is full of grottoes; it is protected as a national zakaznik.

A storm off Cape Aya is the subject of one of Aivazovsky's paintings. A Soviet guided missile system was located on Cape Aya.

Viktor Yanukovych, the former President of Ukraine, ordered the construction of a luxurious private residence on Cape Aya. The "New Mezhyhyria" was still unfinished when the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution ousted Yanukovych from his post.