Sea of Azov

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Sandy shoreline with patches of green reeds along the coast of the Azov Sea in the Rostov region, with a house on a grassy hill overlooking the water.

Map showing the Crimean peninsula bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, with major cities such as Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yevpatoriya, Kerch, and Yalta labeled. An inset map in the upper left highlights Crimea's location relative to Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.

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Sea of Azov

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Sea of Azov: Media

sea, Eastern Europe

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Sandy shoreline with patches of green reeds along the coast of the Azov Sea in the Rostov region, with a house on a grassy hill overlooking the water.

Sea of Azov

Sea of Azov.

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Sea of Azov

Sea of Azov

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Map showing the Crimean peninsula bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, with major cities such as Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yevpatoriya, Kerch, and Yalta labeled. An inset map in the upper left highlights Crimea's location relative to Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.

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