Seward Peninsula

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The Seward Peninsula is a large, sparsely populated landform in western Alaska that juts into the Bering Sea and is known for its tundra landscapes, rich Indigenous history, and proximity to Russia across the Bering Strait.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landform ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo Bering Strait ⓘ
area approximately 52,000 square kilometers ⓘ
borders Bering Sea ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ
contains Bendeleben Mountains ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve ⓘ
Cape Prince of Wales ⓘ
Imuruk Basin ⓘ
Kigluaik Mountains ⓘ
King Island (near offshore) ⓘ
Nome ⓘ
Shishmaref ⓘ
linked to: Shishmaref, Alaska

Teller ⓘ
Wales, Alaska ⓘ
York Mountains ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
extendsInto Bering Sea ⓘ
governedAs part of Nome Census Area ⓘ
hasClimate maritime influences along coasts ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity small-scale mining ⓘ
subsistence hunting and fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEcoregion Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
hasGeology Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks ⓘ
gold-bearing placer deposits ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Kigluaik Mountains ⓘ
hasLandscapeType tundra ⓘ
hasPermafrost continuous to discontinuous permafrost ⓘ
hasPrimaryEthnicGroups Inupiat ⓘ
linked to: Inuit

Yupik ⓘ
hasVegetation Arctic tundra vegetation ⓘ
knownFor Inupiat communities ⓘ
Nome Gold Rush ⓘ
Yupik communities ⓘ
gold mining history ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
rich Indigenous history ⓘ
length approximately 320 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
western Alaska ⓘ
linked to: northwestern Alaska
locatedOn North America ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
nearestPointTo Chukotka Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
partOf Alaska ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
separatedFrom Chukotka Peninsula by Bering Strait ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
width up to about 225 kilometers ⓘ

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District of Alaska → contains → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Norton Sound → borders → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Diomede Islands → locatedNear → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Noatak → locatedIn → Northwestern Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Seward Peninsula
Deering, Alaska → locatedIn → Northwestern Alaska ⓘ
subject linked to: Deering
linked to: Seward Peninsula
Deering, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: Deering
Nome → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Nome Census Area → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Teller, Alaska → locatedIn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Koyuk, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Nome, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Nome Gold Rush → locatedIn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Koyuk River → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Deering Airport → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: served by Deering Airport
City of Nome → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Western Arctic caribou herd → rangeIncludes → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Wales, Alaska → locatedIn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Elim, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Nome region of Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Council, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Council, Alaska → hasRegion → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Golovin, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Brevig Mission, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Solomon, Alaska → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Cape Prince of Wales → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Cape Prince of Wales → region → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Kigluaik Mountains → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Imuruk Basin → locatedIn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Imuruk Basin → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Teller → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Bendeleben Mountains → locatedIn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Bendeleben Mountains → geologicProvince → Seward Peninsula physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: Seward Peninsula
York Mountains → locatedOn → Seward Peninsula ⓘ
Bering region → includes → Seward Peninsula ⓘ