page_title: Koyashskoye Salt Lake
hierarchical_section_title: Koyashskoye Salt Lake
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Опукский природный заповедник. Вид на озеро Кояш с восточного гребня горы Опук.Русский: Opuk Natural Reserve. View from East Opuk to Koyash salt lake.
context_page_description: Koyashskoye or Koyashs'ke is a salt lake on the coast of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, separated from the Black Sea by a strip of land. It is 4 kilometers long, 2 kilometers wide and a meter deep. The lake has the particularity to have a pink to scarlet color, depending on the light, due to the presence of microscopic algae living in the water. When the water evaporates, the salt in the lake crystallizes on the stones and the shores, producing crystal stones and the scent of viola.
  This location is considered healing and is appreciated by some locals. It is not widely known to the tourists.
context_section_description: Koyashskoye or Koyashs'ke is a salt lake on the coast of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, separated from the Black Sea by a strip of land. It is 4 kilometers long, 2 kilometers wide and a meter deep. The lake has the particularity to have a pink to scarlet color, depending on the light, due to the presence of microscopic algae living in the water. When the water evaporates, the salt in the lake crystallizes on the stones and the shores, producing crystal stones and the scent of viola. 
  This location is considered healing and is appreciated by some locals. It is not widely known to the tourists.
caption: View to Koyashskoye Salt Lake
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