Cape Elizabeth (Sakhalin)
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Cape Elizabeth
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Coordinates: 54°42′22″N 142°42′21.75″E / 54.70611°N 142.7060417°ECoordinates: 54°42′22″N 142°42′21.75″E / 54.70611°N 142.7060417°E | |
Location | Schmidt Peninsula Sakhalin Oblast, Russia |
Offshore water bodies | Sea of Okhotsk |
Area | |
• Total | Russian Far East |
Elevation | 539 m (1,768 ft) |
Cape Elizabeth (Russian: Мыс Елизаветы, Japanese: 鵞小門岬 "Gaoto-misaki") is a cape on the Schmidt Peninsula. It is the northernmost point of Sakhalin.
Cape Elizabeth was named by Adam Johann von Krusenstern (aka Ivan Kruzenstern) in 1805 after Empress Elizaveta, wife of Alexander I of Russia.
The cape is a territory under administration of the Okhinsky District and was the northernmost point of Japan until 1875.
History
Between 1848 and 1874, American whaleships caught bowhead whales off the cape.[1] They also went ashore to obtain wood.[2]
See also
References
External links
- Sakhalin Lighthouses (Маяки Сахалина) (in Russian)