Morske | |
Native Name: | Морське |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Crimea |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Morske in Crimea |
Coordinates: | 44.8306°N 34.8014°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Republic |
Subdivision Name1: | Crimea |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Sudak Municipality |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1380 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 43 |
Population Total: | 2394 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 98033 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 6566 |
Website: | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Morske or Morskoye (uk|Морське; ru|Морское) is a village in the Sudak Municipality of the Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[2]
Previously, the settlement was known as the Kapsikhor village (crh|Qapsihor). Following the forced deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR published a decree on May 18, 1948, renaming the settlement along with many others throughout Crimea from their native Crimean Tatar names to their current variants.[3]
Morske is located on Crimea's southern shore on the Black Sea at an elevation of 43m (141feet).[1] Its population was 2,245 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] The current population is The remains of the Choban-Kule fortification are located near the settlement.[4]