Cape Olyutor () is a cape in the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea ( , ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre, p=ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasse ...

, in

Koryak Okrug Koryak Okrug (; Koryak: , ''Cav’cәvaokrug''), or Koryakia (), was an administrative division with a special status within Kamchatka Krai, Russia.

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. It points south at the southern end of the

Olyutor Peninsula Olyutor Peninsula () is a peninsula in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation. The nearest town is Tilichiki, Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The peninsula is named after the Olyutor people, the ancient inhabitants of the area.Leontiev V.V. , Novik ...

, the southern end of the

Olyutor Range The Olyutor Range () is a range of mountains in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The range is a mainland prolongation of the submerged Shirshov Ridge of the Bering Sea. ...

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It was named after the

Alyutor The Alyutors (; self designation: Алутальу, or Alutal'u; Alyutor: нэмэлу, nəməlʔu;) are an ethnic group (formerly classified as a subgroup of Koryaks) who live on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far ...

ethnic group. The

Kereks Kereks ( autonym: , , "seaside people"; ) are an ethnic group of people in Russia. In the 2021 census, only 23 people registered as ethnic Kereks in Russia. According to the 2010 census, there were only 4, and according to the 2002 census, there w ...

, a former maritime hunting people of the Russian Bering Sea coast, were living between the cape and the

Gulf of Anadyr The Gulf of Anadyr, or Anadyr Bay (), is a large bay on the Bering Sea in far northeast Siberia. It has a total surface area of Location The bay is roughly rectangular and opens to the southeast. The corners are (clockwise from the south) Cape ...

References

* Armstrong, T., The Russians in the Arctic, London, 1958. Landforms of Kamchatka Krai Landforms of the Bering Sea Olyutorsky {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub

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