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- The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales. The peninsula projects about 200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle.
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The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales. The peninsula projects about 200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle.
The preserve lies on the northern side of the Seward Peninsula, with 2,697,391 acres (1,091,595 ha). [1] The preserve extends along the coast from a point to the west of Deering along Goodhope Bay to Cape Espenberg, then westward along the shore of the Chukchi Sea. [3]
Aug 16, 2021 · Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of land on the North American continent, forms the western tip of the Seward Peninsula and the eastern edge of the Bering Strait.
May 3, 2015 · Established by missionaries in 1890 on the tip of the Seward Peninsula, the small village overlooks the narrowest part of the Bering Sea at the bottleneck between North America and Asia.
Sep 14, 2015 · This exposed a land mass between Siberia and the Western shores of Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. Most archeologists agree that across this land mass, also known as Beringia, animals, and people migrated from Asia to populate the Americas.
Sea Level Rise. Invasive Species. This roadless wilderness sits on the western edge of Alaska in an area known as the Seward Peninsula. Though few people travel here today, archaeologists believe that ancient populations migrated from Russia into the Americas across this stretch of land during the Ice Age 10,000-12,000 years ago when ocean ...
This wilderness preserve sprawls across the northern Seward Peninsula and was named for the land link that connected Alaska and Asia during the last Ice Age, when sea levels were about 300 feet lower than today.
