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Cape Crillon () is the southernmost point of Sakhalin
Sakhalin

Sakhalin , also Saghalien, is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45?50' and 54?24' N. It is part of Russia and is its largest island, administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast....
.

It is named by Frenchman Jean-François de La Pérouse
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse

Jean Fran?ois de Galaup, comte de La P?rouse was a History of the French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania....
, who discovered this cape for Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
ans.

There are Russian weather station
Weather station

A weather station is a facility with instruments and equipment to make observations of Earth's atmosphere conditions in order to provide information to make weather forecasting and to study the weather and climate....
, lighthouse
Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to Maritime pilot at sea....
 and military base
Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations....
 near Cape Crillon today.








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Cape Crillon () is the southernmost point of Sakhalin
Sakhalin

Sakhalin , also Saghalien, is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45?50' and 54?24' N. It is part of Russia and is its largest island, administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast....
.

It is named by Frenchman Jean-François de La Pérouse
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse

Jean Fran?ois de Galaup, comte de La P?rouse was a History of the French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania....
, who discovered this cape for Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
ans.

There are Russian weather station
Weather station

A weather station is a facility with instruments and equipment to make observations of Earth's atmosphere conditions in order to provide information to make weather forecasting and to study the weather and climate....
, lighthouse
Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to Maritime pilot at sea....
 and military base
Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations....
 near Cape Crillon today.

See also

  • Crillon Light