Cape Kapchyk Photo: Cape Kapchyk

Cape kapchyk - an ancient coral reef, which is the most mysterious Cape of the coast of the New world and one of the most interesting sights of the village. Cape kapchyk because of its curved shape and massive, with a semicircular end, resembling the head of a lizard, often called the Lizard. It stretches more than 300 meters from the coast of the New world in the sea, separating the Blue of the Bay.

If you look at the Cape shore, where begins the descent to the water, kapchyk resembles a giant lizard, drinking water from the sea.

But not only with bizarre famous for this unique geological object. In its depths lurked the whole world, some of which at the beginning of the last century was opened by Prince Lev Golitsyn. Cape kapchyk permeates through a large natural cave, called "Through grotto". It's height of 20 m and a length of about 80 meters, it connects through passage blue and Blue Bay. The cave was formed due to tectonic fault, which led to the movement of the limestone rocks of the Cape. This makes the Cape even more unique because it's the kind of cave on the Peninsula are formed under the action of groundwater.

In medieval times in the caves of the Cape kapchyk hid their treasures pirates hid their goods smugglers. And in 1903 Through the grotto its anniversary celebrated Lev Golitsyn himself, because he was the first discoverer of the underworld Cape kapchyk. From Blue Bay to the entrance to the cave was made stairs, the door was made in the form of an arch with a beautiful old door. From Blue bays were equipped with two stone staircases. Outlets to the sea were decorated with stained glass Windows, which gave the cave an even more fabulous look.

Cavers who explore the Cape kapchyk, in addition to Through grotto was found in the depths of the Cape seven caves and salt lake.

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Cape Kapchyk
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Through grotto
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