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The Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula (Russian: ?????????? ?????????-?????????) is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded






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The Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula (Russian: ?????????? ?????????-?????????) is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 in the Peter the Great Gulf
Peter the Great Gulf

The Peter the Great Gulf is the largest gulf of the Sea of Japan adjoining the coast of Russia's Primorski Krai. The Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula and a chain of outlying islands divides the gulf of about 6,000 km? into the Amur Bay and the Ussuri Bay....
, which it subdivides into the Amursky Gulf to the west and the Ussuri Gulf to the east. It is approximately 30 km long and 12 km wide.

Named after Count Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky

Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who played a major role in expansion of the Imperial Russia to the Pacific Ocean....
, the peninsula is the site of the city of Vladivostok
Vladivostok

File:vladivostokrussia.jpgVladivostok is Russia's largest port types of inhabited localities in Russia on the Pacific Ocean and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai....
. The Eastern Bosphorus
Eastern Bosphorus

File:Vladivostok on 29 June 1918.jpgEastern Bosphorus is strait separates the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula and Russky Island, and connects the Amur Bay and the Ussuri Bay....
 separates the city and peninsula from the Russky Island
Russky Island

File:Russky island topographic map-en.svgRussky Island is a Russian island off Vladivostok, in the Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan. It is located about 5,800 miles east of Moscow....
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