Koni Peninsula

{{Short description|Peninsula in Russian Far East}}

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The Koni Peninsula projects into the Sea of Okhotsk in Magadan Oblast, in the Russian Far East, and has an area of 103,434 hectares.{{Cite web |url=https://visitkolyma.ru/sights/poluostrov-koni/ |title=Полуостров Кони |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2023-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602054539/https://visitkolyma.ru/sights/poluostrov-koni/ |url-status=live }}

Its north-western shores are on the Taui Bay. Its north-eastern shores are on the Odyan Bay; the latter one resolves into the {{ill|Nerpichya Bay|ru|Нерпичья (бухта, Магаданская область)}} ("Pusa Bay"). The Peninsula's south-eastern shore is on the {{ill|Zabiyaka Bay|ru|Забияка (залив)}}. From the Zabiyaka Bay northwards the {{ill|Siglan Bay|ru|Сиглан (бухта)}} makes a notch into the isthmus between the peninsula and the mainland, into the valley of the Siglan River.

The Ola sector of the Magadan Nature Reserve is situated on the peninsula, in its western part. Its eastern border runs from {{ill|Cape Ploskiy|ru|Плоский (мыс)}} (Плоский, "Flat") in the north approximately south-eastwards along several watersheds{{efn|Reserve's land boundary: from Cape Ploskiy, along the right bank of River Khindzha, then along the watershed between Khindzha (Хинджа) and Right Khindzha, onto the watershed between the basins of rivers Burgauli Бургаули and Antara Антара, and rivers Umara Умара, Orokholindzha Орохолинджа, Bogurchan Богурчан, encompasses the catchment area of the Left Claw and Right Claw streams, and goes down to a point on the shore of the Sea of Okhotsk 9km eastwards of the mouth of Antara.{{Cite web |url=http://magterra.ru/new/granicy/ |title=Границы участков заповедника «Магаданский» |date=5 September 2023 |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2023-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906052308/http://magterra.ru/new/granicy/ |url-status=live }}}} down to the mouth of the Antara River{{Cite web |url=https://www.kolyma.ru/magadan/index.php?newsid=17 |title=Заповедник "Магаданский", полуостров Кони |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2023-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905072445/https://www.kolyma.ru/magadan/index.php?newsid=17 |url-status=live }} (about 9 kilometers east of {{ill|Cape Bligan|ru|Блиган}} (Блиган).{{Cite web |url=http://www.etomesto.ru/map-genshtab_o-56/?z=1&x=151.53657939402&y=59.06582881245 |title=USSR topographic map of the area |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2023-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725043638/http://www.etomesto.ru/map-genshtab_o-56/?z=1&x=151.53657939402&y=59.06582881245 |url-status=live }}) The shores of the reserve are surrounded by the buffer zone, a 2-kilometer wide strip of the sea from Cape Ploskiy to two nameless streams 9km to the east of the Antara River. Like in the Reserve, any human activities (such as hunting, fishing, Laminaria harvesting, etc.) are prohibited.{{Cite web |url=https://magadan-news.net/society/2023/05/12/65890.html |title=Магаданским любителям рыбалки напоминают о морской охранной зоне полуострова Кони |date=12 May 2023 |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604141419/https://magadan-news.net/society/2023/05/12/65890.html |url-status=live }} The Ola sector was the first part of the Reserve, established in 1947 after the research carried out following the February 19, 1941 directive of Dalstroy directorate.{{Cite web |url=https://kolyma.ru/news/greatday/61206-69-let-nazad-gazeta-sovetskaya-kolyma-soobschila-ob-obrazovanii-na-poluostrove-koni-pervogo-na-kolyme-zapovednika.html |title=69 лет назад газета «Советская Колыма» сообщила об образовании на полуострове Кони первого на Колыме заповедника |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2023-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906052304/https://kolyma.ru/news/greatday/61206-69-let-nazad-gazeta-sovetskaya-kolyma-soobschila-ob-obrazovanii-na-poluostrove-koni-pervogo-na-kolyme-zapovednika.html |url-status=live }}

The peninsula adjoins the territory of the regional hunting reserve in the continental part of the Magadan Oblast.

The relief of the Koni Peninsula is mostly mountainous, with peaks rising to 1,300-1,500 meters above sea level. The highest of them is Mount Skalistaya, 1,548 meters. The rivers are small and rapid. In the central part there are small volcanic lakes.

Its westernmost promontory is {{ill|Cape Taran|ru|Таран (мыс, Магаданская область)}} ("Cape Ram"). There is a lighthouse (international code M 8015) on its slope.{{Cite web |url=http://mayaki-sssr.spb.ru/mayaki-dalnii-vostok/528/ |title=Таран маяк |access-date=2023-09-05 |archive-date=2020-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109092327/http://mayaki-sssr.spb.ru/mayaki-dalnii-vostok/528/ |url-status=live }}