Kalamita Bay

Kalamita Bay
Kalamita Bay Kalamita Bay
Location	Black Sea
Coordinates
Ocean/sea sources	Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	Russia/Ukraine
Max. length	13 km (8.1 mi)
Max. width	41 km (25 mi)
Average depth	30 m (98 ft)
Salinity	'

Kalamita Bay (Russian: Каламитский залив, Ukrainian: Каламітська затока, Crimean Tatar: Kalamita körfezi, Каламита корьфези), also known as Gulf of Kalamita, is a bay and a gulf in the Black Sea south of Yevpatoria, Crimea. Kalamita was likewise a name used for Inkerman.

For a 24 km arch east from Cape Karantinny approximately following a geological fault, Yevpatoria Bay forms an arm of Kalamita Bay with a change of current direction from the main bay.

History

On 18 September 1854, French and British forces landed here in pursuit of their objective of besieging and destroying the Russian naval base of Sevastopol. The sighting of the allied fleet immediately caused local Tatars to form armed bands in support of the invaders, while local Russians and Greeks fled in panic. The landing took five days and was unopposed, though several Cossack scouts observed from a distance. The beach was well-protected, by the respective navies on the seaward side, and by a saltwater lagoon to landward. Wells were dug for water, which proved however to be extremely brackish. Soldiers either drank from puddles or took wine from nearby farms.