Crimean Mountains
The Crimean Mountains or the Yayla Mountains are a range of mountains running parallel to the south-eastern coast of Crimea, between about from the sea. Toward the west, the mountains drop steeply to the Black Sea, and to the east, they change slowly into a steppe landscape.
Subranges
The Crimean Mountains consist of three subranges. The highest is the Main Range, which is subdivided into several yaylas or mountain plateaus. They are:- Baydar yayla
- Ai-Petri yayla
- Yalta yayla
- Nikita yayla
- Gurzuf yayla
- Babugan yayla
- Chatyr-Dag yayla
- Dologorukovskaya yayla
- Demirci yayla
- Qarabiy yayla
Highest peaks
Crimea's highest peak is the Roman-Kosh on the Babugan Yayla at. Other important peaks over 1,200 metres include:- Demir-Kapu 1,540 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Zeytin-Kosh 1,537 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Kemal-Egerek 1,529 m in the Babugan Yayla;
- Eklizi-Burun 1,527 m in the Chatyrdag Yayla;
- Lapata 1,406 m in the Yaltynska Yayla, Yalta Yaylası;
- Northern Demirji 1,356 m in the Demirci Yayla;
- Ai-Petri 1,234 m in the Ay Petri Yaylası.
Passes and rivers
The passes over the Crimean Mountains are :- Angarskyi Pass near Perevalne, on a road from Alushta to Simferopol
- Okhotnyche near Ai-Petri mountain peak, on the road from Yalta to Bakhchysarai
- Baydar Gate near Foros, connecting Baydar Valley and the sea coast
- Laspi Pass near Cape Aya, on a road from Yalta to Sevastopol.