Cape Crillon
Cape Crillon is the southernmost point of Sakhalin. The cape was named by Frenchman Jean-François de La Pérouse, who was the first European to discover it. Cape Sōya, in Japan, is located 43 kilometres to the south, across La Pérouse Strait.Photo: MaxTyshchenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Cape Nisinotoro”, “Kondo”, “Mys Crillon”, “Mys Notaro”, “Nishi Notoro Misaki”, “Nishi-notoro-misaki”, “Nishi-notoro-zaki”, “Nishinotoro-saki”, “Nisi Notoro Misaki”, “Nisinotoro Zaki”, and “Notoro-saki”
- Historically known as: “Cape Notoro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mass grave of Soviet paratroopers.
Mass grave of Soviet paratroopers
Memorial
Photo: Юрочкин Роман, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mass grave of Soviet paratroopers is a memorial.
Cape Crillon
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Sakhalin Oblast, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.8929° or 45° 53′ 34″ northLongitude
142.08082° or 142° 4′ 51″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8RQ4V3VJ+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 3939484480OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
Discover Cape Crillon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Cape Crillon” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Krilon burnu”
- Cebuano: “Mys Kril’on”
- Chinese: “克里利翁角”
- Czech: “mys Crillon”
- Czech: “Мыс Крильон (rusky)”
- Czech: “西能登呂岬 - Nisintoro mizaki (japonsky)-мисаки”
- Dutch: “Cape Crillon”
- Estonian: “Crilloni neem”
- Estonian: “Nishinotoro-misaki”
- French: “cap Crillon”
- French: “Cap Crillon”
- German: “Kap Crillon”
- Italian: “Capo Crillon”
- Japanese: “クリリオン岬”
- Japanese: “西能登呂岬”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Krilon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mys Krilon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Мыс Крильон”
- Russian: “Крильон мыс”
- Russian: “Крильон”
- Russian: “мыс Крильон”
- Russian: “Мыс Крильон”
- Turkish: “Crillon Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Крильйон”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Крильйон”
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