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Cape Prince of Wales (Russian: Мыс Принца Уэльского) (65°35′47″N 168°05′05″W) is the westernmost mainland point of the Americas. It was named in 1778 by Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy,[1] presumably for the Prince of Wales at the time, George Augustus Frederick. Discovered (for Europeans) in 1732, by an expedition led by a Russian military geodesist Mikhail Gvozdev in Sviatoi Gavriil (St. Gabriel);[2] later, the cape was named by Vitus Bering for Gvozdev as Mys Gvozdeva (Cape Gvozdev). The Yupik name of the cape, published by G.Sarychev in 1826,[3] was Nykhta.[4] The current name has been finally approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Decisions in 1944.[2]
Located on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska near the settlement of Wales, Cape Prince of Wales is the terminus of the Continental Divide, marking the division between the Pacific and Arctic coasts, as well as marking the limit between the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea. It is the eastern boundary of the Bering Strait, 51 miles (82 km) opposite Cape Dezhnev, and adjacent to the Diomede Islands and Fairway Rock.[citation needed]
References
- James Cook (1821). The three voyages of Captain James Cook round the world. Vol. VI. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. p. 406.
- "Map of the New Discoveries in the Eastern Ocean". World Digital Library. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- Atlas Svernoy chastii Vostochnogo Okeana... (Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean). Compiled in Sheets by the Imperial Navy Department from Latest Reports and Maps, 1826, under the Direction of Vice-Admiral and Hydrographer Sarychev). St. Petersburg, 1826.
- Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967.
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[de] Kap Prince of Wales
Das Kap Prince of Wales auf der Seward-Halbinsel in Alaska ist mit seinen geographischen Koordinaten der westlichste Punkt des amerikanischen Kontinents.- [en] Cape Prince of Wales
[es] Cabo Príncipe de Gales
El cabo Príncipe de Gales (en inglés: Cape Prince of Wales) es el punto continental más occidental de América y, por ende, también del estado de Alaska y de los Estados Unidos.[it] Capo Principe di Galles
Il capo Principe di Galles (in inglese Cape Prince of Wales, in russo: Мыс Принца Уэльского?, traslitterato: Mys Princa Uėl'skogo) è il punto posto più a Ovest del continente americano. Si trova nella punta occidentale della Penisola di Seward in Alaska e coincide con la spiaggia di Wales (Alaska) che a sua volta è anche il villaggio posto più a ovest dell'America del Nord. Da questo punto si possono ammirare in lontananza le isole Diomede.[ru] Мыс Принца Уэльского
Мыс При́нца Уэ́льского[1] (англ. Cape Prince of Wales, ранее — Мыс Гвоздева) — крайняя западная материковая точка Северной Америки и США. Находится в Беринговом проливе на полуострове Сьюард (Аляска) и разделяет Чукотское и Берингово моря. От мыса Принца Уэльского до мыса Дежнёва — крайней восточной материковой точки Евразии — 86 км.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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