Crimean Mountains

Crimean Mountains
Twilight on Demirci yayla
Highest point
Peak	Roman-Kosh
Elevation	1,545 m (5,069 ft)
Coordinates	44°36′47″N 34°14′36″E / 44.61306°N 34.24333°E / 44.61306; 34.24333
Naming
Native name	Qırım dağları (Crimean Tatar) Кримські гори (Ukrainian) Крымские горы (Russian)
Geography
Location	Southern Crimea
Range coordinates	44°45′N 34°30′E / 44.750°N 34.500°E / 44.750; 34.500
Geology
Age of rock	Cretaceous

The Crimean Mountains (Crimean Tatar: Qırım dağları; Ukrainian: Кримські гори; Russian: Крымские горы; Turkish: Yayla Dağları) or Yayla Mountains are a range of mountains running parallel to the south-eastern coast of Crimea, between about 8–13 kilometers (5–8 miles) 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.

The Crimean Mountains consist of three subranges. The highest is the Main Range, which is subdivided into several yaylas or mountain plateaus (yayla or yaylak is Turkic for "alpine meadow"). They are:

• Baydar yayla
• Ai-Petri yayla
• Yalta yayla
• Nikita yayla
• Hurzuf yayla
• Babugan yayla
• Chatyr-Dag yayla
• Dologorukovskaya (Subatkan) yayla
• Demirci yayla
• Qarabiy yayla