For 10 points, name this sea that surrounds the Crimean Peninsula and borders Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.
The idea that this body of water underwent a catastrophic rise in 5600 BCE is the subject of William Ryan and Walter Pitman's "deluge hypothesis." This body of water, the world's largest not to contain intermixing layers, is often called the Euxine Sea in historical texts. The resort town of Varna is located on this body of water, whose northern coast is indented by a peninsula containing the city of Yalta. The Strait of Kerch separates the Sea of Azov from this body, which is separated from the Sea of Marmara by the Bosporus. For 10 points, name this sea that surrounds the Crimean Peninsula and borders Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.
The idea that this body of water underwent a catastrophic rise in 5600 BCE is the subject of William Ryan and Walter Pitman's "deluge hypothesis.
Black Sea