Cape Levenshtern (Russian: Mys Levenshterna) is a cape on the northeast coast of Sakhalin Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It is rounded and rugged. It lies 37 km (about 23 mi) to the south-southeast of Cape Elizabeth, the northern point of the island.[1]

Cape Levenshtern Мыс Левенштерна
Location of Cape Levenshtern
Cape Levenshtern Location of Cape Levenshtern Show map of Russia Cape Levenshtern Cape Levenshtern (Sakhalin Oblast) Show map of Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 54°04′47″N 142°59′47″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakhalin Oblast

History

On the night of 7 June 1855, the ship Jefferson (396 tons), of New London, was wrecked on the cape during a dense fog. All hands were saved by the ship Reindeer, of New Bedford, which also salvaged most of the cargo of oil and bone.[2][3][4]

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