Staritsky Peninsula

Before 1875 the isthmus was known as the Miyekan Peninsula after the local even's name Miyekan for the Nagayev Bay. In 1875 the hydrographer Mikhail Onatsevich [ru] mapped the local shores and named the peninsula after the Russian captain and hydrologist Konstantin Staritsky [ru].^[1]

The peninsula is separated from the mainland by the smaller Nagayev Bay on the west and Gertner Bay [ru] on the east.

There is the Vesyolaya Bay [ru] south of the Gertner Bay, separated from it by Cape Krasny (Russian: мыс Красный).

There also is the Svetlaya Bay [ru] south of the Nagayav Bay separated from it by a promontory ending with the Cape Chirikov (Russian: мыс Чирикова).^[2] The coastline of the Svetlaya Bay is a special protected area.^[3]

Its highest point is Marchekanskaya Sopka [ru] (59°30′34″N 150°49′27″E / 59.50944°N 150.82417°E / 59.50944; 150.82417 (Marchekanskaya Sopka)), elevation 694m, prominence 625m. ^[4]

Staritsky Peninsula

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Staritsky Peninsula (Far Eastern Federal District)

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Staritsky Peninsula (Russia)

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59°30′N 150°50′E / 59.500°N 150.833°E / 59.500; 150.833