Cape Shelagsky or Cape Shelag (Russian: Мыс Шелагский; Chukot: Ытрин, romanized: Ytrin), also known as Erri by the Siberian Yupik,[1] is a headland situated in eastern Siberia, Russia on the shores of the East Siberian Sea.[2]
Cape Shelagsky
Мыс Шелагский Erri / Ytrin | |
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  Cape Shelagsky Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | |
| Coordinates: 70°06′28″N 170°28′15″E / 70.10778°N 170.47083°E | |
| Location | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,  Russia |
| Offshore water bodies | East Siberian Sea, Chaun Bay |
The cape was named after the Shelags, a little-known ethnic group that lived on the Arctic coast to the east of Cape Shelagsky.[3]
Geography
editIt is the eastern headland at the entrance of Chaun Bay. The cape is located at the western end of the Shelag Range, the northwesternmost subrange of the Chukotka Mountains.[4]
References
edit- ^ Arutyunov S. A & Sergeev D. A., Ancient cultures of the Asian Eskimos: (Uelen burial ground). Moscow: Nauka, 1968, p.210 ISBN 9785445835424
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ M. A. Sergeev, Экспедиция В.П. Врангеля и Ф.Ф. Матюшкина и изучение малых народов крайнего Северо-Востока. p. 416
- ^ Igor S. Zonn, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Aleksandr Semenov, The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia, Springer International Publishing Switzerland (2016), p. 68
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