Cape Levenshtern

Cape Levenshtern (Russian: Mys Levenshterna) is a cape on the northeast coast of Sakhalin Island in the western Sea of Okhotsk. It is rounded and rugged. It lies 37 km (about 23 mi) to the south-southeast of Cape Elizabeth, the northern point of the island.[1]

History

On the night of 7 June 1855, the ship Jefferson (396 tons), of New London, was wrecked on the cape during a dense fog. All hands were saved by the ship Reindeer, of New Bedford, which also salvaged most of the cargo of oil and bone.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. (2014). Sailing Directions (Enroute): East Coast of Russia. U.S. Government, Springfield, Virginia.
  2. ↑ William Wirt, of New Bedford, June 13, 1855, Nicholson Whaling Collection.
  3. ↑ The Friend (Vol. IV, No. 9, Sep. 29, 1855, pp. 68 & 72, Honolulu).
  4. ↑ Starbuck, Alexander (1878). History of the American Whale Fishery from Its Earliest Inception to the year 1876. Castle. ISBN 1-55521-537-8.

Coordinates: 54°05′N 143°00′E / 54.083°N 143.000°E / 54.083; 143.000


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