{{Short description|Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai, Russia}} {{Infobox peninsulas | name = Olyutor Peninsula | local_name = Олюторский полуостров | image = Олюторский полуостров.jpg | image_caption = Satellite image of the peninsula | map = Russia Kamchatka Krai#Russia Far Eastern Federal District | map_caption = Location in Kamchatka Krai | location = Kamchatka Krai,<br>{{RUS}} | length_km = 70 | width_km = 50 | waterbody=Olyutor Gulf<br />Bering Sea | country=Russia | country_admin_divisions_title=Federal subject | country_admin_divisions=Kamchatka Krai | coordinates = {{coord|60|15|N|170|12|E|type:landmark_region:RU_scale:1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | highest_mount= Gora Seraya | elevation_m =917 }} '''Olyutor Peninsula''' ({{langx|ru|Олюторский полуостров}}) is a peninsula in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation. The nearest town is Tilichiki, Olyutorsky District.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref>
The peninsula is named after the Olyutor people, the ancient inhabitants of the area.<ref>Leontiev V.V., Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'' / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov; FEB AS USSR . North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan . book. publishing house, 1989. - S. 290. - 456 p. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7 .</ref>
==Geography== The Olyutor Peninsula is the southern extremity of the Olyutor Range, jutting southwards with the Olyutor Gulf to the west and the Bering Sea to the east. The southern end of the peninsula is Cape Olyutor (Mys Olyutorsky).<ref name="QP">[http://quist.pro/books/shiroko-shagaya_kniga_rundkvist_085-097.php Рундквист Н. Каприз ''блуждающего пальца. Корякское нагорье'' // Широко шагая. — Екатеринбург: Квист, 2014. — 576 с]</ref><ref name="GЕ"/> The peninsula and its attached mountain range to the north are a mainland prolongation of the submerged Shirshov Ridge of the Bering Sea.<ref name="QP"/>
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Category:Peninsulas of Russia Category:Landforms of Kamchatka Krai Category:Koryak Mountains {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub}}