Cape Otto Schmidt [~ 1] - a cape on the shore of the Chukchi Sea , near the Long Strait .
| Cape Otto Schmidt | |
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| chuck. Ir kappey | |
 The northern tip of Cape Schmidt - Kozhevnikov and Weber cliffs | |
| Location | |
| Water area | Chukchi Sea |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
Here are the village of Cape Schmidt and the national village of Ryrkaipiy , as well as a military town built at the end of 2014 [1] . At the end of 2014, Cape Otto Schmidt was named as one of the basing centers of the forces of the Pacific Fleet , officially established on December 1, 2014 [2] .
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History
The cape was first described in August 1778 by the English explorer James Cook and named by him the North Cape (“northern cape”), since it was the northernmost of the points he reached. The local name of this cape is Ir-Kappeya (translated from Chukot. "Walrus constipation") - recorded in 1823 by the Russian navigator Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel . In 1934, the cape was renamed in honor of the outstanding Soviet polar explorer Otto Yulievich Schmidt .
Archeology
On the coast of Cape Schmidt, a Neolithic site of ancient sea hunters was discovered. The remains of ancient dugouts have been preserved at the western foot of the Kozhevnikov cliff, on top of which there was an ancient Chukchi fortress [3] .
Nature Conservation
Cape Schmidt is part of the Kozhevnikova Cape, created in 2010, as a specially protected natural area of regional significance. The aim of the project is to protect one of the largest rookeries in the Pacific walruses and polar bear habitats [4] .
Notes
- Comments
- ↑ In some publications, the name is indicated simply as Cape Schmidt , which is wrong: the name of the scientist included in the name allows us to distinguish it from Cape Schmidt in the Kara Sea, named after academician F. B. Schmidt.
- Sources
- ↑ The military of the Russian Federation settled the second town in the Arctic - at Cape Schmidt
- ↑ Russian special construction: about 1.5 thousand workers build military facilities in six points of the Arctic
- ↑ Valery Kupetsky. Cape Otto Schmidt // The Polar Star newspaper, October 3, 1991
- ↑ Official site of the administration of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment January 25, 2013. Archived November 5, 2013.