Information About

Northeast Cape

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Location

63 ° 17' 42" N,
168 ° 41' 31.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Savoonga

Northeast Cape in Detail.

About

Extends seaward 2 mi NE of the base of Seevookhan Muntain; it is the easternmost point of Saint Lawrence Island. Low tundra land with numerous fresh water lakes.

History

Descriptive name given in 1849 by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Russian Hydrography Dept. Chart 1455 (edition of 1952) shows it as "Cape Anderson," thus attempting to preserve the name Captain James Cook, RN, gave to St. Lawrence Island 1n 1778. Admiral A. J. von Krusenstern, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in his Hdrographic Memoirs, named it "Shishmarev" (Chichmareff), for Captain Lieutenant Glieb Semeonovich, who surveyed St. Lawrence Island in 1821.

Topo Maps

St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948),

Places Near Northeast Cape

Archipelagos:

Punuk Islands,

Capes:

Apavawook Cape, Eayagit Point, Niyghapak Point, Northeast Cape, Seevoo Point,

Islands:

Middle Punuk Island, North Punuk Island, South Punuk Island,

Lakes:

Kiloknak Lagoon, Sivneghak Lagoon,

Mountains:

Seevookhan Mountain,

Rivers:

Tapisaghak River,

Streams:

Soonglaghak Creek,