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Also known as: Krymskiy Poluostrov, Krymsky Pivostriv
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Crimean Peninsula, peninsula coterminous with the autonomous republic of Crimea, Ukraine, lying between the Black Sea and Sea of Azov and having an area of 10,400 square miles (27,000 square km). The Crimean Peninsula is linked to the mainland by the narrow Perekop Isthmus; Syvash lies between the mainland and the peninsula and is separated from the Sea of Azov by a long sandspit, the Tonka of Arabat. The brines of Syvash are used to supply a chemical complex at Krasnoperekopsk on the Perekop Isthmus. The northern and central part of the Crimean Peninsula (some 75 percent of its total ...(100 of 331 words)

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