Staritsky Peninsula

The Staritsky Peninsula projects into the Taui Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East immediately south of Magadan, which occupies the isthmus of the peninsula. It is separated from the mainland by the smaller Nagayev Bay on the west and Gertner Bay on the east.

A map of the Magadan area, showing the Staritsky Peninsula

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

A view on Magadan from the northern slope of Marchekanskaya Sopka

Its highest point is Marchekanskaya Sopka, 59°30′34″N 150°49′27″E, elevation 694m, prominence 625m. [2]