Crimean Mountains

The Crimean Mountains (Кримскі Гори, translit. Krymski Hory; Крымские Горы, translit. Krymskie Gory) is a range of mountains running parallel to the south-east coast of Crimea, Ukraine, between about five and eight miles (13 km) from the sea. Toward the west, the mountains drop steeply to the Black Sea, and to the east, they change it slowly into a steppe landscape.

Crimean Mountains consist of three subranges. The highest is the Main range. Main range is subdivided into several massives, known as yaylas or mountain plateaus (Yayla is Crimean Tatar for "Alpine Meadow"). They are:

• Baydar Yayla
• Ay-Petri Yayla
• Yalta Yayla
• Nikita Yayla
• Gurzuf Yayla
• Babugan Yayla
• Chatyr-Dag Yayla
• Dologorukovskaya (Subatkan) Yayla
• Demirji Yayla
• Karabi Yayla

The Crimea's highest peak is the Roman-Kosh on the Babugan Yayla, 1545 m. above sea level metres (5,000 feet) high. Other important peaks over 1,200 metres include:

• Demir-Kapu (Демір-Капу, Демир-Капу, ) 1,540 m in the Babugan Yayla;
• Zeytin-Kosh 1,537 m in the Babugan Yayla;
• Kemal-Egerek (Кемаль-Егерек, Кемаль-Эгерек, ) 1,529 m in the Babugan Yayla;
• Eklizi-Burun (Еклізі-Бурун, Эклизи-Бурун, ) 1,527 m in the Chatyrdag Yayla;
• Lapata 1,406 m;
• Northern Demirji (Північний Демірджі, Северный Демирджи, ) 1,356 m;
• Ai-Petri 1,243 m

The most important passes over the Crimean Mountains are:

• Angara Pass near the Perevalne village, between Alushta and Simferopol
• Laspi Pass, between Yalta and Sevastopol.

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• Mountains, coast and views of Crimea