Waring Point | |
Type: | Headland |
Other Name: | Russian: Мыс Уэринг |
Map: | Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
Relief: | yes |
Location: | Wrangel Island |
Water Bodies: | Chukchi Sea |
Coordinates: | 71.2628°N -177.4511°W |
Elevation: | 221m (725feet) |
Area: | Chukotka, Russian Far East |
Waring Point (Russian: Мыс Уэринг) is a headland of the Chukchi Sea. Administratively, it belongs to the Chukotka, Russian Federation.
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]