Cape Hawaii (russian: Мыс Гавайи) is a
headland of
Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island ( rus, О́стров Вра́нгеля, r=Ostrov Vrangelya, p=ˈostrəf ˈvrangʲɪlʲə; ckt, Умӄиԓир, translit=Umqiḷir) is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 91st largest island in the w ...
. Administratively it belongs to the
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Russian Federation
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
.
This cape is located on the southeastern coast of Wrangel Island, facing the
Chukchi Sea, about east of
Rodgers Harbor.
History
Cape Hawaii was named in August 1867 by
Thomas Long, the captain of American whaling
bark ''Nile'', after the
Hawaiian Islands, where his ship was based. On 23 August 1881 the headland was the first point of Wrangel Island sighted by Lieutenant
Robert M. Berry on
USS Rodgers during the search for the
''Jeannette''.
In the 1960s, a
radar station
Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (''ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, wea ...
of the
Soviet Air Defence Forces
The Soviet Air Defence Forces (russian: войска ПВО, ''voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony'', ''voyska PVO'', ''V-PVO'', lit. ''Anti-Air Defence Troops''; and formerly ''protivovozdushnaya oborona strany'', ''PVO strany'', lit. ''Anti-Air De ...
was built on Cape Hawaii. The military personnel lived in it autonomously with supplies delivered by air. They rarely visited neighboring
Ushakovskoye village, and only following an invitation of local authorities or in connection with significant events. In 1992 the military radar installation at Cape Hawaii was closed.
Warriors
(In Russian)
See also
* List of research stations in the Arctic
* Waring Point
Waring Point (russian: Мыс Уэринг) is a headland of the Chukchi Sea. Administratively, it belongs to the Chukotka, Russian Federation.
It is the easternmost point of Wrangel Island.
This headland was named in 1881 after Lieutenant Wa ...
References
External links
Military on Wrangel Island
(in Russian)
Medvedev establishes environmental buffer zone around Wrangel Island
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Headlands of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Wrangel Island
Chukchi Sea