Chukchi Peninsula

Geographical location

The Chukchi Peninsula (Russian Чукотский полуостров, and Chukotka ( Чукотка ) ), East is located in the Federal District Moreover, in the extreme northeast of Russia ( Asia). It is mainly inhabited by people of the Chukchi.

In the north, bordering the sparsely populated peninsula on which the only fairly low Tschuktschengebirge is, to the Arctic Ocean, on the east it reaches the Cape Deschnjow the Bering Strait. To the south it borders the Anadyrgolf and to the west by the Anadyrgebirge.

The area of the peninsula belongs to the Autonomous District of the Chukchi and is mainly due to the Rajons Provideniya in the south and Tschukotski distributed in the North, which together cover an area of ​​58,120 km ² and 8915 inhabitants (estimate 1 January 2009). The only town is Provideniya with a population of 2616th

Geographical location

Geographically, the peninsula is the only part of Russia in the Western Hemisphere and is also the westernmost land mass of the earth. The intersection point between the 180th degree and the Arctic Circle, which is located north of the city Egwekinot is marked with a monument in the shape of a hemisphere of steel pipes.