Cape Zyuk description and photo - Crimea: Kerch (Topic)

Cape Zyuk description and photo - Crimea: Kerch. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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Cape Zyuk, located on the shores of the Azov Sea in the village of Kurortnoye (Kerch District, Crimea), is the northernmost point of the Kerch Peninsula. The promontory separates two vast bays - the Marine Corps (in the west) and the Reefs (in the east). This area has been inhabited since ancient times. There was a small Greek settlement on Cape Zyuk, which arose in the 4th century. BC and existed for over a thousand years. Large cultural layers are traces of the tense life of the city in 3-4 st. BC. In 3 st. BC, a defensive wall was built around the city, the ruins of which were uncovered in 1979

On the cape between the ledges of the rocks, a depression lined with slabs was found, where an amphora or some other vessel could well have been placed, as well as fragments of pithos and amphorae. It was a city of winemakers, which was located in the first centuries of our era on an area of no more than a hectare. The settlement occupied a small and perhaps the most inaccessible rocky northeastern part of Cape Zyuk. It was separated from the mainland by a thin sandy cofferdam or even a shallow channel. Two bays provided good shelter during storms and were convenient for anchorage of ships. A wide view of the sea from the land from the cliffs and the top of the cape also ensured the safety of the inhabitants. The upper black cut of the excavation with traces of fire proves that in the middle of the 4th century. AD, the city was destroyed by ruthless aliens, and, barely reborn, fell into decay in the early Middle Ages.

If you look at the cape from the west, it looks very much like a whale. On the east side, it resembles the head of a horse drinking water. On Cape Zyuk, huge rocks attract special attention, covered with lichen. Strong winds and rains have smoothed their ledges; earlier, a thousand-year-old pattern of Sarmatian limestones hung over dark grottoes.

Today, archaeological excavations of an ancient settlement are underway at Cape Zyuk, there is an observation post of the Ukrainian border troops and a village cemetery. Not far from the cape there is the Chokrak salt lake with healing mud.

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