Chukchi Peninsula

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The Chukchi Peninsula is a remote, sparsely populated region in far northeastern Siberia that forms Russia’s easternmost extension between the Chukchi and Bering Seas, facing Alaska across the Bering Strait.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chukotka Peninsula 11
Chukchi Peninsula canonical 9
Bering Strait region 8

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
peninsula
adjacentOcean Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
adjacentStrait Bering Strait
biome Arctic tundra
bordersBodyOfWater Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
cape Cape Dezhnev
Cape Serdtse-Kamen
characteristic remote region
climate Arctic climate
subarctic climate
continent Asia
country Russia
easternmostPointOf Eurasia
Russia
ecoregion tundra
extremePoint Cape Dezhnev
faces Alaska
geopoliticalRegion Far North
surface form: Circumpolar North
historicalRegionOf Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East
indigenousPeople Chukchi people
Yup’ik people
surface form: Yupik people
languageRegion Chukchi language
Yupik
surface form: Yupik languages
latitudeCharacteristic high-latitude region
locatedIn Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Far Eastern Federal District
northeastern Siberia
majorSettlement Anadyr
Pevek
Provideniya
navigationCondition sea ice present much of the year
nearestPointTo North America from Russia
partOf Siberia
populationDensity sparsely populated
seaRouteSignificance part of Northern Sea Route approaches
separatedFrom Alaska by the Bering Strait
strategicSignificance controls access between Arctic and Pacific via Bering Strait
timeZone Anadyr Time
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing
marine mammal hunting
reindeer herding
wildlifeRegion habitat for migratory seabirds
habitat for polar bears
habitat for walruses

Referenced by (28)

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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug locatedOn Chukchi Peninsula
Chukchi Sea locatedOnCoastOf Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Eskimo–Aleut languages regionOfOrigin Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
Otto von Kotzebue explored Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
Rurik exploredRegion Chukchi Peninsula
subject surface form: Rurik (ship)
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
Naukan Yupik ethnicGroupOf Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Naukan Yupik culturalRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
St. Lawrence Island marineRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
Vega expedition overwinteredNear Chukchi Peninsula
Vega expedition overwinteredRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
Yupik traditionalRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Thule Inuit mainRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
Northern Pacific Ocean includesMarginalSea Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Bering Strait region
Diomede Islands locatedNear Chukchi Peninsula
Chukchi traditionalTerritory Chukchi Peninsula
Provideniya locatedOnPeninsula Chukchi Peninsula
Koryak traditionalRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Chukchi people primaryRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Seward Peninsula nearestPointTo Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
western sandpiper breedsIn Chukchi Peninsula
Naukan locatedOn Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Naukan historicalRegion Chukchi Peninsula
St. Lawrence Island Yupik historicalConnection Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Gambell locatedNear Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Great Northern Expedition exploredRegion Chukchi Peninsula
Wrangel Island nearestMainlandRegion Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Naukan Yupik language spokenIn Chukchi Peninsula
this entity surface form: Chukotka Peninsula
Chukotsky District locatedOn Chukchi Peninsula