Strait of Kerch
strait connecting Azov and Black Seas
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Summary
Strait of Kerch is a strait[1]. It draws 1,467 Wikipedia views per month (strait category, ranking #42 of 402).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3], Ukraine[4], Russian Empire[5], Soviet Union[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Black Sea[7], Sea of Azov[8]
- Named after: Kerch[9]
- Inflows: Melek-Chesme[10], Bulhanak[11], Dzhardzhava[12]
- Part of: Black Sea[13]
- Commons category: Strait of Kerch[14]
- Significant event: Kerch–Eltigen Operation[15], Kerch Strait incident[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kerch Strait[17]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The Black Sea Pilot (Eleventh Edition)[26], The Encyclopedia Americana[27], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[28], Meyer’s Universum, Achter Band[29]
- Native label: Керченська протока[30]
- Width: 15 km[31]
- Vertical depth: 18 m[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[33]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Strait of Kerch include Crimean Bridge[34], a road bridge[35], in Ukraine[36], founded in 2015[37].
Why It Matters
Strait of Kerch has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for it include Crimean Bridge[34], a road bridge[35], in Ukraine[36], founded in 2015[37].