One of the most mysterious sites on the peninsula, the nature reserve has the 185-metre high Mount Opuk, Cape Opuk, Koyash Lake which is rich in therapeutic mud, and a stretch of the Black Sea coast.
Opuk Nature Reserve: Martian lake with tulips in bloom
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The Opuk Nature Reserve on the Kerch Peninsula
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The hue of the water in Koyash Lake varies with the seasons from pastel pink to bright red or orange
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At the heart of the nature reserve is Mount Opuk (translates from Crimean Tatar as “hoopoe”), which is also called a mountain of two hoopoes
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The nature reserve is home to 766 plants, of which 14 are included in the Russian Red Data Book and 39 in the Crimean Red Data Book
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Koyash Lake, the most picturesque salt lake on the Crimean Peninsula, is rich in therapeutic mud
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Unique plants, rare animals and unusual landscapes here owe their existence to the area’s unique climate
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The Opuk Nature Reserve is home to 34 rare bird species included in the Russian Red Data Book
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The brightly coloured water in the lake stands out against the snow-white coast and azure water of the Black Sea, which is separated from the lake by a narrow stretch of sand and shell called Koyash spit
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Red-and-yellow blankets of Schrenk’s tulips and Scythian tulips, which are included in the Russian Red Data Book, sweeping across a vast steppe in the nature reserve
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Ruins of the ancient Greek city of Kimmerikon (6th century BC–4th century AD), a fortress and dozens of ancient wells can be found in the nature reserve
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The Opuk Nature Reserve on the Kerch Peninsula
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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The hue of the water in Koyash Lake varies with the seasons from pastel pink to bright red or orange
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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At the heart of the nature reserve is Mount Opuk (translates from Crimean Tatar as “hoopoe”), which is also called a mountain of two hoopoes
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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The nature reserve is home to 766 plants, of which 14 are included in the Russian Red Data Book and 39 in the Crimean Red Data Book
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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Koyash Lake, the most picturesque salt lake on the Crimean Peninsula, is rich in therapeutic mud
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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Unique plants, rare animals and unusual landscapes here owe their existence to the area’s unique climate
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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The Opuk Nature Reserve is home to 34 rare bird species included in the Russian Red Data Book
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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The brightly coloured water in the lake stands out against the snow-white coast and azure water of the Black Sea, which is separated from the lake by a narrow stretch of sand and shell called Koyash spit
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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Red-and-yellow blankets of Schrenk’s tulips and Scythian tulips, which are included in the Russian Red Data Book, sweeping across a vast steppe in the nature reserve
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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Ruins of the ancient Greek city of Kimmerikon (6th century BC–4th century AD), a fortress and dozens of ancient wells can be found in the nature reserve
RIA Novosti, Sergey Malgavko
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