Shmidt Peninsula

the northern tip of the island of Sakhalin. Joined to the island by the narrow Okha Isthmus, Shmidt Peninsula is approximately 50 km long. Its principal mountain ranges, the Eastern (Vostochnyi) and Western (Zapadnyi) ranges, have elevations that reach a maximum of 623 m at the Tri Brata Massif. Larch and spruce forests predominate on the peninsula, which was named for the Russian geologist F. B. Shmidt.