Patience Peninsula Explained

Cape Patience (Russian: Полуостров Терпения, Poluostrov Terpeniya) is a peninsula protruding 65km (40miles) km of east-central Sakhalin Island into the Sea of Okhotsk. It forms the eastern boundary of the Gulf of Patience. The width of the peninsula varies from less than 1km (01miles), at the Lodochniy Isthmus, to 30km (20miles) at its widest point. It reaches a maximum elevation of 350m (1,150feet). The cape is the southernmost extension (on land) of the East Sakhalin Mountains, a north-south range that runs along the eastern side of Sakhalin Island.[1]

There is a small lighthouse at the end of the cape, which was built in 1953.[2]

References

48.9°N 179°W

Notes and References

  1. ov, E. P., A. V. Mozherovsky, M. T. Gorovaya, I. B. Tsoy, and N. G. Vashchenkova. Composition of the Rocks of the Kotikovo Group and the Main Stages in the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Evolution of the Terpeniya Peninsula, Sakhalin Island. Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 4.3 (2010): 260-73.
  2. http://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=6798 Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Terpeniya Light.