Cape Elizabeth (Sakhalin)


Cape Elizabeth is a cape on the Schmidt Peninsula. It is the northernmost point of Sakhalin.
Cape Elizabeth was named by Adam Johann von Krusenstern in 1805 after Empress Elizaveta, wife of Alexander I of Russia.
The cape is a territory under administration of the Okhinsky District.

History

Between 1848 and 1874, American whaleships caught bowhead whales off the cape. They also went ashore to obtain wood.