Do you know where the Kerch Strait is?

 

OK, it's geography quiz time.   Do you know where the Kerch Strait is?

Actually, I expect a lot of you do.  But even if you know where it is, you may not know that "Kerch Strait" is the name of it.

I thought of this because of my most recent Lighthouse of the Week, Anapa Light.  So if you read that, you know what and where the Kerch Strait is.

To halt the suspense -- it's the channel that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov.  The Sea of Azov is the small, nearly enclosed body of water north of the Black Sea (and of course you remember that the Black Sea would be entirely enclosed were it not for the existence of the Bosporus).

It varies from about 2 to 9 miles wide, and it's about 24 miles from inlet to outlet. It's also crossed by a bridge, the Crimean Bridge, which surprised me.

Now that you know, don't forget;  it could be useful in New Year's Eve online trivia games.