Waring Point

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

Waring Point Мыс Уэринг
Headland
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]

Rescue of the party at Waring Point during the last voyage of the Karluk.

Black-legged kittiwakes at Waring Point.