Pivdenna Bay or Yuzhnaya Bay is one of the harbour bays in Sevastopol.
Pivdenna Bay | |
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Location | Black Sea |
Coordinates | 44°36′26.05″N 33°31′52.29″E / 44.6072361°N 33.5311917°E |
Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
Salinity | 18 ‰ |
Settlements | Sevastopol |
On March 22, 2014, during the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Russian forces captured the only Ukrainian submarine, known as the Zaporizhya, and took it to Pivdenna Bay, according to Vladislav Seleznyov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military.[1]
References
edit- ^ Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska (22 March 2014). "Russian troops smash way into Ukraine airbase in Crimea". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 22 March 2014.