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Ai-Petri – the most foggy and windy place in Ukraine

Ai-Petri is an extinct volcano in the Crimean Mountains near Yalta. The height of the mountain is 1234 meters. The name of the peak “Ai-Petri” is of Greek origin and means the mountain of St. Peter.

Ai-Petri is the place with a maximum number of foggy days not only in Crimea, but in all of Ukraine. The record number of foggy days (215) was registered in 1970.

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Also, it is the most windy place of Crimea and Ukraine. In 1949, the wind with the speed over 15 m/s was blowing here for 125 days; the highest recorded wind speed here is 50 m/s. Ai-Petri on Google Maps. Photos by Sergey Anashkevitch

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