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Cape in Siberia
Cape Chukotsky Мыс Чукотский
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Cape Chukotsky is located in RussiaCape ChukotskyCape Chukotsky
Coordinates: 64°16′00″N 173°04′00″W / 64.266667°N 173.066667°W / 64.266667; -173.066667

Cape Chukotsky is located in the south-east of the Chukotka Peninsula, at the east entrance to the Providence Bay and the northern boundary of Gulf of Anadyr; it borders the Bering Sea and Bering Strait. This rocky cape hosts a bird colony with a population of one thousand northern fulmars, pelagic cormorants, black-legged kittiwakes, Urias, pigeon guillemots and horned puffins.

The cape was discovered by the First Kamchatka Expedition on 8 August 1728. On that day, a boat of eight Chukchi men approached an expedition ship, which hinted Aleksei Chirikov to choose the name for the cape.

References

  1. Kondratiev, A. Ya. (1997) "Экологический мониторинг на морском побережье Северо-Востока России". Magadan
  2. Dukalskaya M. V. Первая Камчатская экспедиция Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. The Russian State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic. polarmuseum.ru
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