Year: 2019, Number: 1, Pages: 125-131
Kazantip State Nature Reserve is located in the Eastern part of the Crimea on the Kazantip Cape of the Kerch Peninsula in the coastal zone of the Sea of Azov. The Reserve was established on 12 may 1998. The purpose of the Rreserve is the preservation of typical and unique steppe natural complexes, Red Book species of flora and fauna of the Crimea coast and adjacent waters of marine natural ecosystems of the Sea of Azov. The total area of the Reserve (450.1 ha) includes part of the Kazantip Cape and its coastal-aquatic complex (56 ha). The Reserve is a part of the wetland complex of international importance "Water-rock complex Kazantip Cape" with a total area of 251 ha, as well as a natural monument of regional importance "Coastal water complex at Kazantip Cape " – 240 ha. Salinity of water ranges from 10.5 to 11.5 ‰. The average annual temperature of sea water is 11–12 °C. In winter, off the coast of bays water freezes at negative temperatures from –0,5 °C to –0.7 °C.