Waring Point (Russian: Мыс Уэринг) is a headland of the Chukchi Sea. Administratively, it belongs to the Chukotka, Russian Federation.

Waring Point
Мыс Уэринг
View of the cliffs at Waring point
View of the cliffs at Waring point
Waring Point is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Waring Point
Waring Point
Coordinates: 71°15′46″N 177°27′4″W / 71.26278°N 177.45111°W / 71.26278; -177.45111
LocationWrangel Island
Offshore water bodiesChukchi Sea
Area
 • TotalChukotka, Russian Far East
Elevation221 m (725 ft)

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

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  1. ^ Location
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Belikovich A.V., Galanin A.V., Afonina O.M., Makarova I.I. Plant world of specially protected territories of Chukotka. BSI FEB RAS (2006)
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