Аннотация:The presented manuscript aims to reveal the peculiarities of submarine landslides formation within the Caucasian shelf of the Black Sea and to perform landslide hazard assessment by means of slope stability calculations. For the proposed scope there were studied three adjoining areas in the north-eastern sector of the basin between Cape Mali Utrish and Hosta Bay. Analysis of the new geotechnical and geophysical survey data clearly indicates that submarine landslides occur on the shelf of the Black Sea adjoined to the Western Caucasus and may be a potential hazard for submarine installations which cross the shelf break and continental slope area of this region. 1D and 2D slope stability analyses revealed that gravity force is not sufficient for landslide formation in the shelf area and should be supplemented by additional triggers such as storm-wave loading and seismicity.