Cape Serdtse-Kamen

Cape Serdtse-Kamen ( _ru. мыс Сердце-Камень, literally translated as "Cape Heart-Stone") is a headland on the northeastern coast of Chukotka, Russian Federation. It is located about 30 km to the east of the Neskynpil'gyn Lagoon.

Cape Serdtse-Kamen is a geographic landmark, east of which the Chukchi Sea coast slants sharply to the south-east until the Bering Strait.

The wreck of the Soviet steamer Chelyuskin, which sank in 1934 during its pioneer exploration of the Northern Sea Route, was discovered in 2006 on the seabed at the depth of about 50 m not far from the cape. [ [http://journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=648164 Discovery of the wreck of the Soviet steamer Chelyuskin on the bed of the Chukchi Sea] ] The village of Uelen, the easternmost settlement in Russia, is located 150 km to the southeast of Cape Serdtse-Kamen along the coastline.

Ecology

The area around this landhead is a natural habitat for the Short-tailed Albatross "(Phoebastria albatrus)". [ [http://birdbase.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/rdb/rdb_en/phoealba.pdf Short-tailed Albatross] ]
Bowhead whales are frequently sighted in the waters off the Serdtse-Kamen Cape. [ [http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-2-155.pdf Bowhead whales] ]

References

* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
* [http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/aro/russian-american/2004_2005/benthic_summaries.pdf Benthos]
* [http://www.springerlink.com/index/R7806310114G5K31.pdf Unusual abundance of macrobenthos and biological invasions]