Waring Point
Waring Point (Russian: Мыс Уэринг) is a headland of the Chukchi Sea. Administratively it belongs to the Chukotka, Russian Federation.
| Waring Point | |
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| Мыс Уэринг | |
 View of the cliffs at Waring point | |
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| Location | Wrangel Island |
| Coordinates | 71°15′46″N 177°27′4″W |
| Offshore water bodies | Chukchi Sea |
| Elevation | 221 m (725 ft) |
| Area | Chukotka, Russian Far East |
It is the easternmost point of Wrangel Island.[1]
This headland was named in 1881 after Lieutenant Waring of USS Rodgers, commanded by Lieutenant Robert M. Berry. Lt. Waring was the first to land at this point.[2]
Very large numbers of birds are nesting on the cliffs of this cape, including the horned puffin, tufted puffin, thick-billed murre, glaucous gull and pelagic cormorant.[3]
 Rescue of the party at Waring Point during the last voyage of the Karluk. |
 Black-legged kittiwakes at Waring Point. |
References
- Location
- Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov ; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House , 1989 . ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
- Belikovich A.V., Galanin A.V., Afonina O.M., Makarova I.I. Plant world of specially protected territories of Chukotka. BSI FEB RAS (2006)
External links
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