🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Phanagoria — Kuban Delta Western Harbour Mole
Classical to Medieval (500 BCE – 1000 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Western Kuban mole of Phanagoria — timber-piled harbour at former river mouth, now silted 1–2.5 m in delta.
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🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Medieval (500 BCE – 1000 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Western Kuban mole of Phanagoria — timber-piled harbour at former river mouth, now silted 1–2.5 m in delta.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antiquity (6th c. BCE – 500 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan / Roman
Central strait emporium of Patrai — transshipment mole at 2–4 m in Kerch Strait handling grain toll.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval Rus (550 BCE – 1400 CE) · Mytilenean Greek / Bosporan / Byzantine / Kievan Rus
Northern lagoon harbour of Hermonassa — rubble mole and timber causeway at 1.5–3 m in Taman lagoon.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antiquity (550 BCE – 370 CE) · Sindian / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Submerged harbour of Bata — Classical mole at 3–8 m under Novorossiysk commercial port in Tsemes Bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Byzantine (6th c. BCE – 600 CE) · Toretae / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Southern harbour of Toricos — rubble mole and galley slipway at 2–4 m off Gelendzhik Tonkiy Cape.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antiquity (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Western Achilles-shrine anchorage of Patrai — jetty and votive platform at 5–8 m off Achilleion Cape.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Medieval (5th c. BCE – 1200 CE) · Toretae / Bosporan / Genoese
Northern roadstead of Toricos — reef anchorage at 6–9 m with 15 moorings and amphora scatter in Gelendzhik north bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Byzantine (550 BCE – 600 CE) · Sindian / Toretae / Bosporan
Northern reef roadstead off Gelendzhik — 90 m enhanced reef at 4–6 m with moorings linked to Bata chora.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Early Holocene wetland to Late Antiquity · Bosporan Greek
Southern mole of Gorgippia — 75 m rubble breakwater at 4–6 m protecting Sukko anchorage in Anapa Bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (550 BCE – 1200 CE) · Mytilenean / Bosporan / Genoese
Western reef anchorage of Hermonassa — enhanced reef with 12 mooring cuttings at 4–7 m off Tuzla cape.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antiquity · Milesian / Bosporan
Eastern drowned grave terrace of Kepoi — limestone mortuary landing at 3–5 m with sarcophagi in situ.