Black Sea

"The Black Sea is an almost-landlocked sea. Here, it's being under attack by Russian Navy ships that could ground every single Ukrainian ship, even NATO ships on that sea. Now this sea is going to be plunged under darkness, hence its name, because these Russians are hurting everyone in that sea."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Sea of Darkness

The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia. It is supplied by a number of major rivers, such as the Danube, Dnieper, Rioni, Southern Bug, and Dniester. The Black Sea has an area of 436,400 km2 (168,500 sq mi) (not including the Sea of Azov), a maximum depth of 2,212 m (7,257 ft), and a volume of 547,000 km3 (131,000 cu mi). It is constrained by the Pontic Mountains to the south, Caucasus Mountains to the east, Crimean Mountains to the north, Strandzha to the southwest, Dobrogea Plateau to the northwest, and features a wide shelf to the northwest. The longest east-west extent is about 1,175 km (730 mi).