🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bata — Gelendzhik Bay Northern Cape Anchorage
Archaic to Byzantine (550 BCE – 600 CE) · Sindian / Toretae / Bosporan
Northern reef roadstead off Gelendzhik — 90 m enhanced reef at 4–6 m with moorings linked to Bata chora.
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🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Byzantine (550 BCE – 600 CE) · Sindian / Toretae / Bosporan
Northern reef roadstead off Gelendzhik — 90 m enhanced reef at 4–6 m with moorings linked to Bata chora.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Roman (c.540 BCE – 200 CE) · Greek / Sindian
Sindian Toretae harbour at Tsemes mouth — lower quay 1–3 m submerged in Novorossiysk Bay, Bosporan Sindic emporium.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Roman (c.400 BCE – 240 CE) · Sindian Greek / Bosporan
Sindian port turned Bosporan city under Anapa — 40 ha grid with harbour quarter 1–2.5 m submerged off beach, museum in city centre.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antiquity (550 BCE – 370 CE) · Sindian / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Submerged harbour of Bata — Classical mole at 3–8 m under Novorossiysk commercial port in Tsemes Bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (550 BCE – 260 CE) · Sindian / Bosporan Kingdom
Central city harbour of Gorgippia in Anapa Bay — 110 m quay at –2 m and salting vats.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Hellenistic (c.600–100 BCE) · Sindian / Toretae with Greek imports
Toretae promontory harbour on Anapa south cape — small ashlar fort and submerged cove 1–3 m, Sindic coast chain between Bata and Gorgippia.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antiquity (5th c. BCE – 238 CE) · Sindian / Bosporan Greek
Central drowned harbour quarter of Gorgippia — quay and warehouse at 1.2–3.5 m under Anapa Bay central.