Cape Shelagsky or Cape Shelag (Russian: Мыс Шелагский; Chukot: Ытрин, romanized: Ytrin), also known as Erri by the Siberian Yupik,[1] is a headland situated in eastern Siberia, Russia on the shores of the East Siberian Sea.[2]
Cape Shelagsky
Мыс Шелагский Erri / Ytrin | |
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Cape Shelagsky Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | |
Coordinates: 70°06′28″N 170°28′15″E / 70.10778°N 170.47083°E | |
Location | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
Offshore water bodies | East Siberian Sea, Chaun Bay |
The cape was named after the Shelags, a little-known ethnic group that lived on the Arctic coast to the east of Cape Shelagsky.[3]
It is the eastern headland at the entrance of Chaun Bay. The cape is located at the western end of the Shelag Range, the northwesternmost subrange of the Chukotka Mountains.[4]