It is the northernmost point of Sakhalin Island and is located north of Okha town.

The indigenous Nivkh people of northern Sakhalin called the peninsula Mif-Tyongr (Миф-тёнгр), meaning "head of the earth."

The mountains are covered with larch and spruce forests and are separated by a swampy valley.

[2] To the west lies the Sakhalin Gulf and to the east and north the Sea of Okhotsk.

The highest point of the peninsula is 623 m (2,044 ft) high Mount Three Brothers (гора Три Брата), rising in the eastern range.