Cape Elizabeth (Sakhalin)
Cape Elizabeth (Russian: Мыс Елизаветы, Japanese: 鵞小門岬 "Gaoto-misaki" 54°42′22″N 142°42′21.75″E / 54.70611°N 142.7060417°E) is a cape on the . 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]
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External links[]
- Sakhalin Lighthouses (Маяки Сахалина) (in Russian)
Categories:
- Headlands of Sakhalin Oblast
- Extreme points of Japan
- Sakhalin Oblast geography stubs