Cape Hersoness

Cape Chersonesos is a cape in the west of the Heracleian Peninsula, the extreme western point of Sevastopol (refers to the Gagarinsky district of the city) and the southern part of the Crimean peninsula. It goes into the Black Sea. At the cape since 1816, there is a lighthouse, provides the approach of ships and ships to the port of Sevastopol, the height of the lighthouse is 36 meters.

In the spring and summer of 1942, it became the site of fierce battles of the Primorsky Army, becoming one of the iconic places of the heroic defense of Sevastopol. Other names of this cape are also known: Parthenius, Parthenon, Lantern-Cap.