What is the Chukchi Sea?
Q: What is the Chukchi Sea?
A: The Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located between Wrangel Island and Point Barrow, Alaska. It is connected to the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean by the Bering Strait.
Q: How large is the Chukchi Sea?
A: The Chukchi Sea has an area of about 595,000 km² (230,000 mi²).
Q: When can one travel on the Chukchi Sea?
A: One can only travel on the Chukchi Sea for about four months of the year.
Q: Are there any islands in the Chukchi Sea?
A: There are very few islands in the Chukchi Sea compared to other seas of the Arctic. Wrangel Island is at its northwestern limit and Herald Island is near its northern limit. There are also a few small islands along both Siberian and Alaskan coasts.
Q: Who lives on or near its shores?
A: The people who live on or near its shores are called "Chukchis". They work at fishing, whaling and hunting walrus in this cold sea.
Q: What places are located along Siberia's coast of this sea?
A: Places located along Siberia's coast include Cape Billings, Cape Schmidt, Amguyema River, Cape Vankarem, Kolyuchinskaya Bay, Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon, Cape Serdtse-Kamen, Enurmino, Chegitun River Inchoun Uelen and Cape Dezhnev.
Q: What rivers flow into it from Alaska and Siberia respectively?
A: Rivers flowing into it from Alaska include Kivalina River , Kobuk River , Kokolik River , Kukpowruk River , Kukpuk River , Noatak River , UtokokRiver PitmegeaRiverand WulikRiver . Rivers flowing into it from Siberia include AmguyemaRiver IoniveyemRiverand ChegitunRiver .
