Mount Koshka is a mountain in the Crimean Mountains near the settlement of Simeiz

Simeiz

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 within the Greater Yalta

Yalta

Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...

 metropolitan area. The original name in the Crimean Tatar language

Crimean Tatar language

The Crimean Tatar language is the language of the Crimean Tatars. It is a Turkic language spoken in Crimea, Central Asia , and the Crimean Tatar diasporas in Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria...

 means "double rock", while the Russian name means "cat", as the shape of the mountain resembles a sitting cat. The height is 254 metres.

Atop Koshka mountain is situated Simeiz observatory

Simeiz Observatory

Simeiz Observatory was an astronomy research observatory until the mid 1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka, Crimea, Ukraine by the town of Simeiz....

 at the level of 360m above sea level at southern mountainside of the Crimean mountains.