Waring Point (Russian: Мыс Уэринг) is a headland of the Chukchi Sea. Administratively, it belongs to the Chukotka, Russian Federation.

Waring Point Мыс Уэринг
View of the cliffs at Waring point
Waring Point
Coordinates: 71°15′46″N 177°27′4″W
Location	Wrangel Island
Offshore water bodies	Chukchi Sea
Area
• Total	Chukotka, Russian Far East
Elevation	221 m (725 ft)

It is the easternmost point of Wrangel Island.[1]

This headland was named in 1881 after Lieutenant Waring of USS Rodgers, commanded by Lieutenant Robert M. Berry. Lt. Waring was the first to land at this point.[2]

Very large numbers of birds are nesting on the cliffs of this cape, including the horned puffin, tufted puffin, thick-billed murre, glaucous gull and pelagic cormorant.[3]

References

External links

• Media related to Waring Point at Wikimedia Commons

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