Cape Tarkhankut

Cape Tarkhankut forms the westernmost point of Crimea, where limestone cliffs meet the Black Sea. The headland belongs to a broad peninsula of dry steppe and shallow coastal bays. In antiquity the agricultural territory of Greek Chersonese extended along the western Crimean coast toward Tarkhankut, leaving traces of settlements and fields. The projecting cape marks a turn for ships following the coast between the northern and southern Black Sea.