Bay of Arabat

The Arabat Bay at Scholkine

The Arabat Bay (Ukrainian Арабатська затока, Russian Арабатский залив, Tatar Arabat Körfezi ) is a bay in the southwest of the Sea of ​​Azov.

Located in the east of the Crimean peninsula in the bay located between the Arabat - Spit in the west, the Kerch Peninsula in the south and the Cape Kazan Type in the east.

The bay is 22 km deep, 40 km wide and has a water depth of 8-9 m.

In the East Bay, the village is Kamjanske ( Кам'янське ), near which the ruins of Turkish fortress Arabat lie. To the west of the city Arabat Bay Scholkine is.