San Hieronymo Peninsula

The San Hieronymo Peninsula, also known as La Peninsula de los Muertos (The Peninsula of the Dead), was the site of a top-secret Soviet missile base, located on the central Colombian coast. The compound was constructed in 1964, after the Soviets were forced to withdraw from Cuba for Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union had gotten the peninsula from the FARC, Colombia's biggest guerrilla organization, in exchange for the Soviet Union's aid in supplying FARC with weapons as well as taking down the Colombian Regime at the time.

However, they again withdrew their plans, at the end of the 1960s, when international tensions began to ease, and many Russian soldiers were forced to remain stationed there. In fact, apparently the only time that the Red Army even visited the Peninsula after withdrawing their plans was when they were to deliver political prisoners or discharged personnel, as Major Raikov was apparently exiled to the peninsula after they had abandoned it, given Roy Campbell's deduction of why he was on there.

In 1970, the FOX unit seized the compound in an attempt to gain a hold of military secrets stored there.

The exact topography of the peninsula is classified top-secret by CIA files due to its strategic value.

Locations
Note: A "HQ" was briefly mentioned whenever Snake or anyone else in his group ends up being sighted by the enemy and triggering an alert, although it is not actually visited. However, during operations in the Town area, Snake can actually contact HQ to cause a diversion to the enemies. Also, a Heliport was briefly mentioned by Cunningham that's located on top of the Silo.
 * Prison
 * Comm Base
 * Supply Depot
 * Soviet Patrol Base
 * Hospital
 * Research Lab
 * Town
 * Western Wilderness
 * Rail Bridge
 * Harbour
 * Security Base
 * Warhead Storage
 * Airport
 * Guest House
 * Plant
 * Ravine
 * Power Substation
 * Silo Entrance
 * Silo Complex
 * Launch Control Room

Notable Personnel

 * Commander Gene (Usurper Commander)


 * Private 1st Class Jonathan


 * Elisa/Ursula (Medic and Second-in-Command, respectively)


 * Null


 * Lieutenant Cunningham (Interrogation Specialist)


 * Python


 * Colonel Skowronski (Former Commander)


 * Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov (Engineer)


 * Major Raikov (Political Prisoner)


 * Major Ocelot (note, technically not an active personnel member, but he was involved in the incident)

Personnel

 * LYNX soldiers


 * Engineers


 * Soviet Officers


 * Government Officials


 * Scientists


 * FOX operatives
 * GRU (note, only Ocelot fits into the category, as Raikov was stripped of affiliation with GRU after the events of Snake Eater.)