🇺🇦 Ukraine · Fortress
Charax, Crimea
Charax (Ancient Greek: Χάραξ, gen.: Χάρακος) is the largest Roman military settlement excavated in the Crimea.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Nymphaion — Submerged Lower Terrace and Harbour (Eltegen, Crimea)
Archaic to Byzantine (c.580 BCE – 300 CE) · Greek / Bosporan
Bosporan grain port at Eltegen cape — lower harbour terrace 1–4 m submerged 200 m offshore in Kerch Strait.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Archaeological wonder
Kerch
Kerch, also known as Kerich, is a city on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea. It has a population of 147,033 (2014 Census).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — North Harbour Ancillary Wall (Sevastopol)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Chersonesos — North Harbour Ancillary Wall (Sevastopol) in Crimea, Sevastopol, Chersonesos, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerge…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Pantikapaion — Submerged Quay North (Kerch, Bosporan)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Pantikapaion — Submerged Quay North (Kerch, Bosporan) in Crimea, Kerch, Pantikapaion, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Kimmerikon — North Terrace Harbour Below Opuk Mountain North (Mount Opuk North)
Archaic to Late Antique (550 BCE – 400 CE) · Cimmerian / Bosporan / Scythian
Northern lagoon marina of hillfort Kimmerikon below Opuk North — 45 m quay at –1.2 m and fish-pond.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesus Taurica – Submerged Quays (Chersonesos)
Classical to Medieval (422 BCE – 14th c. CE) · Doric Greek / Bosporan / Roman / Byzantine / Kievan Rus' orbit
422 BCE Doric Black Sea polis whose harbour quarter now lies under Quarantine Bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Chersonesos Taurica — Quarantine Bay Western Harbour Submerged
Archaic to Late Medieval (c.528 BCE – 1399 CE) · Megarian Greek / Byzantine
Megarian Black Sea polis UNESCO — western Quarantine Bay harbour and street grid now 1–3 m submerged at Sevastopol.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Panticapaeum – Bosporan Acropolis on Mount Mithridat
Milesian Greek to Late Roman (600 BCE – 370 CE; Byzantine reoccup. 6th c.) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan Scythian / Mithridatic Pontic / Roman
Bosporan Kingdom capital on Mount Mithridat — acropolis above with harbour terraces now 1–3 m under Kerch Strait.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Kalos Limen
Kalos Limen (Ancient Greek: Καλός Λιμήν, lit. 'Charming Harbor'; Ukrainian: Калос-Лімен; Russian: Калос Лимен) is an ancient Greek colony on the west coast of the Crimean Peninsula that existed from…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Western Anchorage
Classical to Genoese (5th c. BCE – 1400 CE) · Herakleian / Byzantine / Genoese
Western anchorage of Chersonesos — open roadstead anchor field at 5–8 m in Pesochnaya Bay with jetty.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Quarantine Bay Central Submerged Mole
Classical to Byzantine (5th c. BCE – 1400 CE) · Herakleian Greek / Bosporan / Byzantine
Central mole of Chersonesos Quarantine Bay — 65 m ashlar harbour mole at 2–5 m dividing naval/mercantile basins.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Akra – The Fully Submerged Bosporan City at Cape Takyl
Archaic to Late Roman (c.560 BCE – 4th c. CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Crimean Atlantis — intact classical street grid and double walls at 3–7 m deep off Cape Takyl, the only wholly underwater Bosporan town.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Pantikapaion — Central Lower Terrace Submerged Quay
Archaic to Late Antiquity (6th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
Central drowned quay of Pantikapaion — ashlar harbour terrace 1.5–4 m in Kerch Bay below Mithridates acropolis.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Heraclean Greek / Bosporan
Eastern bay harbour of Tauric Chersonesos in Sandy Bay — 110 m quay at –1.8 m and twin ship-shed ramps.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Heraclean Greek / Bosporan
Eastern bay harbour of Tauric Chersonesos in Sandy Bay — 110 m quay at –1.8 m and twin ship-shed ramps.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Akra — Submerged City at Naberezhne Village (Cimmerian Bosporus)
Archaic to Late Antique (6th c. BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan Greek
Entire Greek city Akra 3–4 m under Kerch Strait off Naberezhne — harbour mole 120 m at –3 m and street grid 200×150 m at –3.5 m.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Akra — Submerged City at Naberezhne Village (Cimmerian Bosporus) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (6th c. BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan Greek
Entire Greek city Akra 3–4 m under Kerch Strait off Naberezhne — harbour mole 120 m at –3 m and street grid 200×150 m at –3.5 m.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Akra — Eastern Breakwater Spur at Naberezhne (Cimmerian Bosporus East)
Archaic to Late Antique (575 BCE – 500 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan
Eastern harbour arm of Akra at Naberezhne — 45 m breakwater spur at –3.5 m.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Quarantine Bay Western Harbour Submerged (Tauric West)
Classical to Medieval (422 BCE – 1400 CE) · Heracleian Doric / Byzantine
Western citadel harbour of Tauric Chersonesos in Quarantine Bay — 130 m mole at –2.5 m and ship-sheds.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Kimmerikon — Opuk Lagoon Harbour Below Opuk Mountain (Mount Ararat Lagoon)
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Kimmerian / Bosporan Greek
Lagoon harbour of Kimmerikon below Opuk Mountain — 80 m quay at –1.5 m behind pink lake lagoon spit with fortress walls 300 m.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tumulus
Kul-Oba Kurgan – Royal Scythian Tumulus
Iron Age, Scythian–Bosporan hybrid (4th c. BCE) · Crimean Scythian elite under Bosporan Greek suzerainty
4th-c. BCE 19-m Crimean Scythian–Greek royal tomb—vaulted ashlar under steppe mound.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Myrmekion — South Harbour Submerged Quay (Kerch Strait South)
Archaic to Late Antique (570 BCE – 370 CE) · Ionian / Bosporan
South Strait harbour of Myrmekion — 70 m quay at –2.5 m and wine cellar.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Myrmekion — Submerged Quay at Myrmekion North (Kerch Strait North)
Archaic to Late Antique (6th c. BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Northern pier of Myrmekion at Voikovo — 90 m ashlar pier at –1.8 m with wine presses at –1.2 m on Strait north shore.