The Kerch Strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea to the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai to the east. It ranges from 3.1 to 15 kilometers wide and reaches up to 18 meters deep. Its most important harbor, the Crimean city of Kerch, gives the strait its name; it was formerly known as the Cimmerian Bosporus or the Straits of Taman, and has also been called the Straits of Yenikale after the Yeni-Kale fortress at Kerch.
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