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Seward Peninsula
Seward Peninsula W Alaska, projecting c.200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle. The region is mostly bleak tundra, with long, cold winters. Placer-gold mining and trapping are the chief occupations of its sparse population. Nome is on the southern coast. Cape Prince of Wales is located at the western tip of the peninsula. |
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"Seward Peninsula." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Seward Peninsula." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SewardPe.html "Seward Peninsula." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-SewardPe.html |
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Seward Peninsula
Sew·ard Pen·in·su·la / ˈsoōərd/ a region in northwestern Alaska on the Bering Strait and the Chukchi Sea. Nome lies on its southern coast. |
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"Seward Peninsula." The Oxford American College Dictionary. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Seward Peninsula." The Oxford American College Dictionary. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O997-sewardpeninsula.html "Seward Peninsula." The Oxford American College Dictionary. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O997-sewardpeninsula.html |
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