Editing Crimea (section)

===Places===
{{Location map+ | Crimea
| AlternativeMap = |Relief map of Crimea (disputed status).jpg|relief=1|float=right|width=350
| caption =Places in Crimea
| places  =
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=46.17|long=33.69|label=[[Perekop]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.50|long=32.70|label=[[Chornomorske]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.33|long=33.00|label=[[Donuzlav]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.19|long=33.37|label=[[Yevpatoria]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.60|long=33.53|label=[[Sevastopol]]|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.50|long=33.60|label=[[Balaklava]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.39|long=33.79|label=[[Foros, Crimea|Foros]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.42|long=34.04|label=[[Alupka]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.50|long=34.17|label=[[Yalta]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.55|long=34.29|label=[[Gurzuf]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.67|long=34.40|label=[[Alushta]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.85|long=34.97|label=[[Sudak]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.05|long=35.38|label=[[Feodosia]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.36|long=36.47|label=[[Kerch]]}}

{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.59|long=33.81|label=[[Mangup]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.75|long=33.86|label=[[Bakhchysarai]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=44.95|long=34.10|label=[[Simferopol]]}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.05|long=34.60|label=[[Bilohirsk|Karasu]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.03|long=35.09|label=[[Stary Krym|Stary<br />Krym]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Crimea|lat=45.71|long=34.39|label=[[Dzhankoy]]|position=bottom}}

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Given its long history and many conquerors, most towns in Crimea have several names.

'''West:''' The [[Isthmus of Perekop]]/[[Perekop]]/[[Or Qapi]], about {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} wide, connects Crimea to the mainland. It was often fortified and sometimes garrisoned by the Turks. The [[North Crimean Canal]] now crosses it to bring water from the Dnieper. To the west [[Karkinit Bay]] separates the [[Tarkhankut Peninsula]] from the mainland. On the north side of the peninsula is [[Chernomorskoe]]/Kalos [[Liman (landform)|Limen]]. On the south side is the large [[Donuzlav]] Bay and the port and ancient Greek settlement of [[Yevpatoria]]/Kerkinitis/Gözleve. The coast then runs south to [[Sevastopol]]/[[Chersonesus]], a good natural harbor, great naval base and the largest city on the peninsula. At the head of [[Sevastopol Bay]] stands [[Inkermann]]/Kalamita. South of Sevastopol is the small [[Heracles Peninsula]].

[[File:Mountains by the sea, Горы на побережье, море, Судак, Крым, Crimea.jpg|thumb|Coastline between [[Sudak]] and [[Novy Svet]]]]

'''South:''' In the south, between the [[Crimean Mountains]] and the sea runs a narrow coastal strip which was [[Gazaria (Genoese colonies)|held by the Genoese]] and (after 1475) by the Turks. Under Russian rule it became a kind of [[riviera]]. In Soviet times the many palaces were replaced with [[dacha]]s and health resorts. From west to east are: [[Heracles Peninsula]]; [[Balaklava]]/Symbalon/Cembalo, a smaller natural harbor south of Sevastopol; [[Foros, Crimea|Foros]], the southernmost point; [[Alupka]] with the [[Vorontsov Palace (Alupka)]]; [[Gaspra]]; [[Yalta]]; [[Gurzuf]]; [[Alushta]]. Further east is [[Sudak]]/Sougdia/Soldaia with its Genoese fort. Further east still is Theodosia/Kaffa/[[Feodosia]], once a great [[slave market|slave-mart]] and a kind of capital for the Genoese and Turks. Unlike the other southern ports, Feodosia has no mountains to its north. At the east end of the {{convert|90|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} [[Kerch Peninsula]] is [[Kerch]]/[[Panticapaeum]], once the capital of the [[Bosporian Kingdom]]. Just south of Kerch the new Crimean Bridge (opened in 2018) connects Crimea to the [[Taman Peninsula]].

'''Sea of Azov:''' There is little on the south shore. The west shore is marked by the [[Arabat Spit]]. Behind it is the [[Syvash]] or "Putrid Sea", a system of lakes and marshes which in the far north extend west to the Perekop Isthmus. Road- and rail-bridges cross the northern part of Syvash.

'''Interior:''' Most of the former capitals of Crimea stood on the north side of the mountains. [[Mangup]]/Doros (Gothic, Theodoro). [[Bakhchysarai]] (1532–1783).
Southeast of Bakhchysarai is the cliff-fort of [[Chufut-Kale]]/Qirq Or which was used in more warlike times. [[Simferopol]]/Ak-Mechet, the modern capital. [[Karasu-Bazar]]/Bilohorsk was a commercial center. Solkhat/[[Stary Krym|Staryi Krym]] was the old Tatar capital. Towns on the northern steppe area are all modern, notably [[Dzhankoi]], a major road- and rail-junction.

'''Rivers:''' The longest is the [[Salhyr]], which rises southeast of Simferopol and flows north and northeast to the Sea of Azov. The [[Alma River (Crimea)|Alma]] flows west to reach the Black Sea between Yevpatoria and Sevastopol. The shorter [[Chornaya River (Crimea)|Chornaya]] flows west to Sevastopol Bay.

'''Nearby:''' East of the Kerch Strait the Ancient Greeks founded colonies at [[Phanagoria]] (at the head of [[Taman Bay]]), [[Hermonassa]] (later Tmutarakan and [[Taman, Russia|Taman]]), [[Gorgippia]] (later a Turkish port and now Anapa). At the northeast point of the Sea of Azov at the mouth of the Don River were [[Tanais]], Azak/[[Azov]] and now [[Rostov-on-Don]]. North of the peninsula the Dnieper turns westward and enters the Black Sea through the east–west [[Dnieper-Bug Estuary]] which also receives the Bug River. At the mouth of the Bug stood [[Olbia (Pontic)|Olvia]]. At the mouth of the estuary is [[Ochakiv]]. [[Odesa]] stands where the coast turns southwest. Further southwest is [[Tyras]]/Akkerman/[[Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi]].