Chukchi Peninsula

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chukotka Peninsula 11
Chukchi Peninsula canonical 9
Bering Strait region 8

How this entity was disambiguated

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
linked to: Far North
historicalRegionOf Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East
indigenousPeople Chukchi people
Yupik people
linked to: Yup’ik people
languageRegion Chukchi language
Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
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

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Referenced by (28)

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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug locatedOn Chukchi Peninsula
Chukchi Sea locatedOnCoastOf Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Eskimo–Aleut languages regionOfOrigin Bering Strait region
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Otto von Kotzebue explored Bering Strait region
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Rurik (ship) exploredRegion Bering Strait region
subject linked to: Rurik
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Naukan Yupik ethnicGroupOf Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Naukan Yupik culturalRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
St. Lawrence Island marineRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Vega expedition overwinteredNear Chukchi Peninsula
Vega expedition overwinteredRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Yupik traditionalRegion Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Thule Inuit mainRegion Bering Strait region
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Northern Pacific Ocean includesMarginalSea Bering Strait region
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Diomede Islands locatedNear Chukchi Peninsula
Chukchi traditionalTerritory Chukchi Peninsula
Provideniya locatedOnPeninsula Chukchi Peninsula
Koryak traditionalRegion Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Chukchi people primaryRegion Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Seward Peninsula nearestPointTo Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
western sandpiper breedsIn Chukchi Peninsula
Naukan locatedOn Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Naukan historicalRegion Chukchi Peninsula
St. Lawrence Island Yupik historicalConnection Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Gambell locatedNear Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Great Northern Expedition exploredRegion Chukchi Peninsula
Wrangel Island nearestMainlandRegion Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Naukan Yupik language spokenIn Chukotka Peninsula
linked to: Chukchi Peninsula
Chukotsky District locatedOn Chukchi Peninsula