Karkinit Bay

Karkinit Bay
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
Salinity	18 ‰
Settlements	Skadovsk, Armyansk, Krasnoperekopsk

Karkinit, Karkinitski,^[1] or Karkinitsky Bay (Ukrainian: Каркінітська затока, Karkinits’ka zatoka; Russian: Каркинитский залив, Karkinitskiy zaliv^[2]) 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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