Английская Википедия:Glory of Russia Cape

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Шаблон:Multiple image Glory of Russia Cape is the northernmost point of St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea in the US state of Alaska.[1] The cape is hilly, with the peak Шаблон:Convert south of the cape being Шаблон:Convert high,[2] while at its coastline the cape is 5 m above mean sea level.

The nearest town is Nash Harbor in Bethel Census Area, about Шаблон:Convert away. The St. Paul Island Airport is the nearest airport and heliport to the cape, about Шаблон:Convert away.[3]

All of St. Matthew Island lies under the management control of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, an area of significant phytogeographic interest for its diverse lichens.[4] The island has a length of Шаблон:Convert and a width of Шаблон:Convert diverging towards the north, and lies Шаблон:Convert west of the mainland of Alaska. It is part of a bird sanctuary, which was established in February 1909 and is known as the Bering Sea Reservation. The hills of the isolated island rise to about Шаблон:Convert height and are covered with moss and lichen.[5] Little auks (Alle alle), birds usually found in the North Atlantic, were sighted in auklet colonies near the Glory of Russia Cape from 12 to 24 June 1983.[6]

The cape was named by Russian polar explorer and hydrographer Gavril Sarychev in honor of the ship Glory of Russia.[7] The cape, a promontory, was probably also named “M[ys] Slavy (Slava) Rossii” meaning “Cape Glory of Russia” by the Russian Hydrographic Department (Chart 1427) in 1849 for Lt. Sarichev’s ship, which was moored here on 14 July 1791.[8]

The 8,105-ton Greek ship Milos Reefer, Шаблон:Convert in length, was wrecked at Glory of Russia Cape on 15 November 1989.[9]

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Further reading

  • Сарычев Г. А. Плавание к острову Святого Лаврентия // Путешествие флота капитана Сарычева по Северо-Восточной части Сибири, Ледовитому морю и Восточному океану в продолжение осьми лет, при Географической и Астрономической морской Экспедиции, бывшей под начальством флота Капитана Биллингса с 1785 по 1793 год.. — St. Petersburg: Типография Шиора, 1809. — Vol. 2. — pp. 87–88. (in Russian)
  • Слава России в словаре «Топонимика. Города и страны» Шаблон:In lang

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