Zeytin-Kosh

Zeytin-Kosh
Zeytin-Kosh
	Top of Zeytin-Kosh
Highest point
Elevation	1,537 m (5,043 ft)
Coordinates	44°37′04″N 34°16′58″E
Geography
	Zeytin-Kosh
Country	Disputed: Ukraine (de jure); Russia (de facto);
Parent range	Crimean Mountains

Zeytin-Kosh[lower-alpha 1] is a mountain in Crimea and the third highest mountain in the Crimean Mountains.[1] Its height stands 1537 meters above sea level.

Etymology

The name of the mountain is of Crimean Tatar origin and literally means "olive kosh" (zeytün or in the southern coast dialect zeytin - "olive, olive tree"; qoş - "koshara, sheepfold").[2][3]

Notes

Ukrainian: Зейтін-Кош, Russian: Зейтин-Кош, Crimean Tatar: Zeytin Qoş

References

"Краткая геополитическая характеристика АРК" (in Ukrainian). Главное управление статистики в Автономной Республике Крым. Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
Сост. С. М. Усеинов (2008). Крымскотатарско-русско-украинский словарь (in Russian). Симферополь: Тезис. p. 182, 295. ISBN 978-966-470-005-1.
"Топонимический словарь Крыма". kimmeria.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

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[1] Ukrainian: Зейтін-Кош, Russian: Зейтин-Кош, Crimean Tatar: Zeytin Qoş

[2] "Краткая геополитическая характеристика АРК" (in Ukrainian). Главное управление статистики в Автономной Республике Крым. Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-05-12.

[3] Сост. С. М. Усеинов (2008). Крымскотатарско-русско-украинский словарь (in Russian). Симферополь: Тезис. p. 182, 295. ISBN 978-966-470-005-1.

[4] "Топонимический словарь Крыма". kimmeria.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2013-05-11.