Cape Shelagsky Explained

Cape Shelagsky
Other Name:Russian: Мыс Шелагский
Erri / Ytrin
Type:Cape
Map:Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Map Width:250px
Map Relief:yes
Location:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Water Bodies:East Siberian Sea, Chaun Bay
Coordinates:70.1078°N 170.4708°W

Cape Shelagsky or Cape Shelag (Russian: Мыс Шелагский; Ытрин|translit=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]

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

It 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]

Notes and References

  1. Arutyunov S. A & Sergeev D. A., Ancient cultures of the Asian Eskimos: (Uelen burial ground). Moscow: Nauka, 1968, p.210 ISBN 9785445835424
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. M. A. Sergeev, Экспедиция В.П. Врангеля и Ф.Ф. Матюшкина и изучение малых народов крайнего Северо-Востока. p. 416
  4. Igor S. Zonn, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Aleksandr Semenov, The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia, Springer International Publishing Switzerland (2016), p. 68