Regional map focus
Sevastopol City opens on map.megainet.art with the public map-layer identifier UA-40. It is a separate Ukrainian administrative unit with special status, not part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea: Crimea uses a different map focus, UA-43. Its geographic setting is the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea. The Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine describes the Herakleian Peninsula within Sevastopol as stretching from Sevastopol Bay in the north to Cape Fiolent in the south, and from Cape Khersones in the west toward Sapun Hill in the east. Nearby ESU geography entries also describe Balaklava Bay and the Balaklava Heights in the southwestern part of the Crimean Mountains. These stable geographic anchors make the map focus more useful than a loose search for “Crimea,” especially when a user needs the city and surrounding southwestern peninsula context rather than a peninsula-wide view. A shared link to /en/?region=UA-40 leads to Sevastopol City itself, while the peninsula-wide Crimea focus remains UA-43.
How to use this page
The live map route is intentionally simple. Open /en/?region=UA-40 to focus the map on Sevastopol, check the information available in the current interface, and use official channels for any action that depends on real-time conditions. The stable part of this regional reference is not a district list or a safety assessment; it is the city name, special status, southwestern Crimean geography, Black Sea setting, and separation from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. This is enough for people who need to distinguish Sevastopol from a peninsula-wide Crimea link, especially in family messages, newsroom notes, travel context, or operations communication. The bay, cape, and peninsula references help orient the place without implying anything about current access. Current control, road conditions, coastline access, and safety are not stable reference facts. They belong to live official information. The map ID UA-40 is therefore a navigation key, not an administrative code and not a substitute for official alerts.
Name and boundary sources
The legal source trail is direct. Article 133 of the Constitution of Ukraine supports Sevastopol's special-status language, while the Constitutional Court's 2014 decision supports that Sevastopol is not part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Inside map.megainet.art, UA-40 is a public map-layer identifier, not a replacement for a state administrative classifier. That distinction prevents a technical map parameter from being read as KATOTTG or as a statement about current conditions. The useful split is clear: UA-40 opens Sevastopol City, UA-43 opens the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, ESU geography sources support the southwestern peninsula and Black Sea context, and official legal sources support special status and separation. The reader gets a focused map route plus stable background, while current alert state and safety guidance remain in the live map and official channels. This keeps legal identity, geography, and live operational information in their proper places for repeated checks.
Change history
48-hour history is not confirmed for this region.