Chukchi Peninsula

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geographical region peninsula

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.

Aliases (2)

Bering Strait region ×8
Chukotka Peninsula ×3

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	Circumpolar North →
historicalRegionOf	Russian Far East →
indigenousPeople	Chukchi people → Yupik people →
languageRegion	Chukchi language → 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 (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Naukan Yupik ("Bering Strait region") →	culturalRegion
Naukan Yupik ("Chukotka Peninsula") →	ethnicGroupOf
Otto von Kotzebue ("Bering Strait region") →	explored
Rurik (ship) ("Bering Strait region") →	exploredRegion
Northern Pacific Ocean ("Bering Strait region") →	includesMarginalSea
Diomede Islands →	locatedNear
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug →	locatedOn
Chukchi Sea ("Chukotka Peninsula") →	locatedOnCoastOf
Thule Inuit ("Bering Strait region") →	mainRegion
St. Lawrence Island ("Bering Strait region") →	marineRegion
Vega expedition →	overwinteredNear
Vega expedition ("Bering Strait region") →	overwinteredRegion
Eskimo–Aleut languages ("Bering Strait region") →	regionOfOrigin
Yupik ("Chukotka Peninsula") →	traditionalRegion
Chukchi →	traditionalTerritory