Devil's Gate (Crimea)

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The Devil's Gate (Crimean Tatar: şeytan qapu) or Golden Gate (Altın Qapı) is an arch-like cliff near the Kara Dag Mountain in the Crimea. The cliff was supposed to have marked a gateway to hell.{{cite web|url=http://travel.kyiv.org/crimea/antique/index.phtml|title=Antique|website=travel.kyiv.org}} It is popular with tourists and carnelian hunters. Alexander Pushkin is thought to have been the first to depict the cliff, on the margins of his verse novel Eugene Onegin.{{cite web|url=http://feb-web.ru/feb/pushkin/serial/v75/v75-094-.htm|title=ФЭБ: Протоклитов. Рисунок Пушкина "Золотые ворота Карадага". — 1975 (текст)|website=feb-web.ru}}

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