Cape Olyutor Explained

Cape Olyutor
Type:Cape
Map:Russia Kamchatka Krai
Map Relief:yes
Water Bodies:Olyutorsky Bay
Bering Sea
Coordinates:59.9258°N 170.2878°W
Area:Russian Far East

Cape Olyutor (Russian: мыс Олюторский) is a cape in the Bering Sea, in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It points south at the southern end of the Olyutor Peninsula, the southern end of the Olyutor Range.[1] It was named after the Alyutor ethnic group.

The Kereks, a former maritime hunting people of the Russian Bering Sea coast, were living between the cape and the Gulf of Anadyr.

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  1. [Google Earth]