Seward Peninsula

Extension of northwestern Alaska bordered to the north by Kotzebue Sound and the Chukchi Sea, to the west by the Bering Strait, and to the south by Norton Sound; length about 320 km/ 200 mi; width about 235 km/145 mi. The tundra-covered peninsula supports a small population engaged mainly in mining and trapping.

Rapid but temporary development followed the discovery of gold in 1898 in the area around Nome, on the south coast. Cape Prince of Wales, on the western tip, is the westernmost point on the North American continent. The yearly Iditarod dogsleigh race from Anchorage to Nome crosses the peninsula.