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'''Cape Fonar''' ({{lang-ru|Мыс Фонарь}}, {{lang-uk|Мис Фонар}}, {{lang-crh|Fener, Фенер}}, {{lang-gr|Παρθένιον}}) is the easternmost point of the [[Crimean Peninsula|Crimea]]n penunsula in [[Ukraine]]peninsula.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocaching.su/?pn=101&cid=1487|title=Мыс Фонарь (самый дальний восток Крыма)|publisher=«Геокэшинг»}}</ref>. The cape is located on the western shore of [[Kerch Strait]] near the exit to [[Azov Sea]].

The cape was named ''Fonar'' ({{lang-ru|фонарь}}) that means lamp or light since it was often used as a base for [[navigation]] [[cressets]].<ref>[http://www.moryak.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=278&Itemid=1&ccdate=10-2010 "Свет в Керченском проливе"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324184249/http://www.moryak.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=278&Itemid=1&ccdate=10-2010 |date=2012-03-24 }} [http://www.moryak.org Моряк] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324184305/http://www.moryak.org/ |date=2012-03-24 }}</ref>. Nowadays the [[Yenikalsky Lighthouse]] is located on top of Cape Fonar.

During the [[Bosporan Kingdom]] period a town named ''Parfenium'Parthenion''' (Παρθένιον) was located at the cape. It was mentioned in the [[Periplus]] of [[Scylax of Caryanda|Scylax]], dated [[350 BC]].

In [[1820]], the [[Yenikalsky Lighthouse]] was constructed.

During [[World War II]], several battles between the [[Red Army]] and [[Nazi Germany]] took place in Cape Fonar area. In [[1943]], this area was used by the [[Soviets]] as a starting point of the [[Kerch–Eltigen Operation]].

New buildings of the Yenikalsky Lighthouse were built in [[1953]] as a replacement of the original tower destroyed in World War II.

On 23 July [[1995]], a [[bulker]] ''Doja''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IMO_5207225 |title=''Doja'', IMO&nbsp;5207225 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607090740/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3AIMO_5207225 |archivedate=2013-06-07 }}</ref> belonged to a [[Syria|Syrian]]n ship owner sank near Cape Fonar. The ship capsized in stormy sea due to a cargo shift. According to the locals all crew members rescued using onboard life saving equipment. The ship was built in [[1962]] by [[Burntisland Shipbuilding Company]] ([[Great Britain]]), she was delivered to [[James Fisher & Sons]] as ''Leven Fisher'', latter names: ''Haj Jassan'' ([[1982]]—[[1989]]1982—1989), ''Allah Kareem'' ([[1989]]—[[1994]]1989—1994), ''Doja'' (since [[1994]]).

AsIn of [[2011]], Cape Fonar iswas considered as a perspectiveprospective area for the [[Kerch StraitCrimean Bridge]] construction project,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crimea24.info/2011/04/11/v-kabmine-reshili-chto-kerchenskijj-most-luchshe-stroit-ot-fonarya/|title=В Кабмине решили, что Керченский мост будут строить от Фонаря|publisher=crimea24.info}}</ref> but after the 2014 [[annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]] Russia opted for different route.