🌊 Rising 40 metres above the sea, Kiselev Rock is a striking geological formation composed of Upper Cretaceous flysch strata. The rock layers, nearly vertical (90° dip angle), create a rhythmic pattern that makes the cliff a natural spectacle.

🔸 At the top, remnants of Quaternary littoral deposits —pebbles and fossilised marine fauna — form an ancient terrace, now covered by a broad-leaved forest.

🔎 This cliff is named after A. A. Kiselev, a renowned Russian artist-wanderer who lived nearby. His paintings captured the raw beauty of the Black Sea coastline, including this remarkable rock formation.

✔️ Composed of thin, alternating layers of sandstone and marl, this formation dates back 80 million years to the Cretaceous period. These layers were later shaped into striking folds, bends, and fractures during the Pyrenean-Attic phase of Alpine orogeny, 20–10 million years ago.

🔸 Extending towards Cape Kadosh, the rock layers form a giant arc, enveloping the bay in a breathtaking geological display.

We would like to share with you the upcoming lecture plans. Keep this information and follow our news! 📆 Very soon we will announce invitations to new lectures:

1️⃣ «Impact of anthropogenic off-shore activity on natural geological environments, bottom relief and sedimentation processes».
 
2️⃣ «Geochronology: its applications and approaches».
 
3️⃣ «Quaternary geology. Introduction to the subject».
 
4️⃣ «Goals, objectives and practical issue of petrological research».
 
5️⃣  «Coastal zone – natural processes and human empact».
 
6️⃣  «Modern methods and principles of stratigraphy: a path to reconstruction of geological time scale and paleogeography».