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Karkinit Bay

Karkinit Bay
Tarkhankut.jpg
Cape Tarkhankut is the southernmost point of the bay
Location Black Sea
Coordinates 45°48′N 32°37′E / 45.800°N 32.617°E / 45.800; 32.617Coordinates: 45°48′N 32°37′E / 45.800°N 32.617°E / 45.800; 32.617
Ocean/sea sources Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries Ukraine
Max. depth 35 m (115 ft)
Salinity 18 ‰
Settlements Skadovsk, Armyansk, Krasnoperekopsk

Karkinit, Karkinitski, or Karkinitsky Bay (Ukrainian: Каркінітська затока, Karkinits’ka zatoka; Russian: Каркинитский залив, Karkinitskiy zaliv) is a bay of the Black Sea that separates the northwestern Crimean Peninsula from the mainland Ukraine. It was named after the early Greek settlement of Kerkinitis (Κερκινίτης) on the Crimean coast in place of modern Yevpatoria.

The northeastern tip of the Karkinitis Bay, by the Isthmus of Perekop, is known as the Perekop Bay or Gulf of Perekop.

The bay contains the preserve Karkinits'ka Zatoka State Zakaznik.



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