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THE GRAND CANYON OF Crimea! The ancient city of MANGUP-KALE in the Crimea. The Grand Canyon of Crimea is a large canyon on the Crimean peninsula. It was formed in the Upper Jurassic massive (non—layered) limestones under the action of water erosion about million years ago at the site of a tectonic crack. It is located in the Crimean Mountains, 5 km south-east of the village of Sokolinoye, Bakhchisarai district. It is the northeastern border of the Ai-Petrinsky massif, the massif of Mount Boyka. The depth of the canyon exceeds 320 m, the length is 3.5 km, the width in some places does not exceed 3 m. The absolute height of the canyon bed is about 500-600 m. Mangup (Mangup-Kale; ukr. Mangup, Crimean Tatar. Mangup (Mangup) is a medieval fortress city in the Bakhchisarai district of Crimea. The historical name is Doros. The capital of the principality of Feodoro (Crimean Gothic), then a Turkish fortress. It is located on the top of the outlier mountain, rising 250 m above the level of the surr
