Karadag Nature Reserve | |
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Ukrainian: Карадазький природний заповідник Russian: Карадагский природный заповедник | |
Location | Ukraine (de jure) / Russia (de facto) |
Nearest city | Feodosia |
Coordinates | 44°56′09″N 35°13′59″E / 44.93583°N 35.23306°E |
Area | 2,874 hectares (7,102 acres; 29 km2; 11 sq mi) |
Established | 1979 |
Governing body | Ministry of Science and Higher Education / Russian Academy of Sciences |
Website | http://karadag.com.ru/ |
Official name | Aquatic-cliff complex of Karadag |
Designated | 29 July 2004 |
Reference no. | 1394[1] |
Karadag Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Карадазький природний заповідник, Russian: Карадагский природный заповедник) is a protected nature reserve that covers a portion of the southeast coast of the Crimean peninsula. Encompassing mountains, forest-steppe, shoreline and marine areas, Karadag is an area of high biodiversity and the subject of much scientific study throughout the past 100 years. It supports a high number of Crimea's endemic species, and important bird colonies. The reserve is 36 km southwest of the city of Feodosia, and is currently administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences.[2]