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The article reports on results of examination of karst on the slopes of Sudak mountain-seashore amphitheater of Crimea. The phisical-geographical conditions of modern karstification are characterized. Description of geological and hydrogeological structure of area is given with an account for a new geodynamic model of the region. Karstological and speleological investigations reveal wide occurence of caves and related morphs of the hypogenic origin. Five cave clusters are distinguished, each of which includes one to four karst caves, accompanied with a set of relict forms in the superficial outcrops. Maps and descriptions of a several known caves of the coast are given, previously unpublished