The Choris Peninsula is a cape in
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...
.
It is located in the east of
Kotzebue Sound
Kotzebue Sound (russian: Залив Коцебу) is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in the western region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is on the north side of the Seward Peninsula and bounded on the east by the Baldwin Peninsula. It is long and ...
on the
Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west ...
coast.
The Choris Peninsula is a small headland pointing southwards.
Chamisso Island lies off its southern tip.
It was named in 1816 by Lt.
Otto von Kotzebue IRN, for
Louis Choris, a member of his expedition.
See also
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Chamisso Wilderness
References
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Headlands of Alaska
Landforms of Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
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