Aqmecit

Aqmecit lies by a harbour on the western shore of Crimea, on the Tarkhankut peninsula. Its name, “White Mosque,” was shared with another Crimean town farther inland. The coastal Aqmecit appears in Pyotr Tolstoy's description of the Black Sea in 1706 as a small town beside the haven. In the late Crimean Khanate, nearby villages belonged to the Tarkhankut district under the authority centred at Gözleve, tying this exposed coast to the khanate's western lands.