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
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Cape Elizabeth | |
Coordinates: 54°42′22″N 142°42′21.75″E | |
Location | Schmidt Peninsula Sakhalin Oblast, Russia |
Offshore water bodies | Sea of Okhotsk |
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• Total | Russian Far East |
Elevation | 539 m (1,768 ft) |
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.
Between 1848 and 1874, American whaleships caught bowhead whales off the cape.[1] They also went ashore to obtain wood.[2]
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