February Question of the Month: Across the Black Sea.

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I would like to know the distance from Port Yuzhny on the Black Sea to Chennai in India. I would also like the distance from Port Vostochny in Russia to Chennai.

Thanks for contacting The Seattle Public Library to ask about distances between Chennai, India, to Port Yuzhny, Ukraine, and from Chennai to Port Vostochny, Russia.

We used an online distance calculation tool and came up with these distances:

• Chennai to Yuzhny: 3184.3 nautical miles
• Chennai to Votochnyy: 3249.5 nautical miles

Please note that we used the alternative spelling of Yuzhne for Yuzhny in order for the tool to work.

Please let us know if we can help in any other way.

              ~Library Staff