Cape Slepikovskogo - Cape is located on the southwestern coast of Sakhalin Island , administratively part of the Kholmsk urban district of the Sakhalin region . Borders the northern tip of the Nevelsky Bay [1] .
| Cape Slepikovsky | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Water area | Pacific Ocean |
| A country |
|
| The subject of the Russian Federation | Sakhalin region |
Content
General Information
Named in honor of the commander of the Russian partisan detachment that operated on Southern Sakhalin during the Russian-Japanese war , B. V. Grotto-Slepikovsky [1] .
The cape received its modern name after 1945 . Until 1905, it was called Notoro, in 1934 it was renamed Otoro Misaki [2] .
In the south-eastern outskirts of the cape, in the village of Pioneers , there is a treatment and rehabilitation center of the sanatorium-resort type "Chaika".
Nature
The Cape is a state monument of nature of regional significance ( see also: List of specially protected natural territories of the Sakhalin Region ). It was established by the decision of the Sakhalin Regional Executive Committee “On the recognition of natural objects of interest in the region as state natural monuments” dated January 4, 1995. The area of 609 hectares.
A unique natural complex that includes a number of flora and fauna objects that are found only here. About 200 species of higher vascular plants , 12 species of mammals , 5 species of amphibians , 2 species of reptiles and 80 species of birds are under state protection. Favorable microclimate , picturesqueness of these places attract hundreds of tourists and vacationers. Rare species such as the mandarin duck and tree frog live here. Here is the only relict grove of Korean cedar on Sakhalin, taken under state protection [1] .
Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Cape Slepikovsky was built by the Japanese in 1934 [2] , when the southern part of Sakhalin was the prefecture of Karafuto , which was part of the Japanese Empire . The height of the lighthouse is 27 meters.
The lighthouse is almost the complete double of the lighthouse at Cape Lamanon . It is a circular tower, which, as in most of the Sakhalin lighthouses of Japanese construction, is connected by corridors with auxiliary and residential premises. At the lighthouse, a rainwater collection system was used for food and technical needs: on the roofs of the premises of the lighthouse complex, drainage grooves were arranged, along which water, passing through filters, was collected in underground concrete tanks [3] .
Literature
- Tarasov A.V., Afanasyev N.A., Kostanov A.I. Sakhalin Sea Gates: the city-port of Kholmsk - 135. - Khabarovsk: Priamurskie Vedomosti Publishing House, 2005. - 96 p. - 2 000 copies
- Tarasov A.V. On the hills by the sea. The city of Kholmsk is 140 years old. - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: OOO Publishing House Sakhalin - Amur Vedomosti, 2010. - 128 p. - 3 000 copies
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Tarasov A.V. On the hills near the sea. The city of Kholmsk is 140 years old. - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: OOO Publishing House Sakhalin - Amur Gazette, 2010. - p. 96. - 128 p. - 3 000 copies - ISBN 978-5-904-194-06-2 .
- ↑ 1 2 Lighthouse at Cape Slepikovsky
- ↑ Cape Slepikovsky on the “Tourist Portal of the Sakhalin Region” (Inaccessible link is history ) .
Links
- Cape Slepikovskogo on the "Tourist Portal of the Sakhalin region" (Inaccessible link - history ) .
- Lighthouse at Cape Slepikovsky