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Seward Peninsula

American  

noun

  1. a peninsula in W Alaska, on Bering Strait.


Seward Peninsula British  
/ ˈsjuːəd /

noun

  1. a peninsula of W Alaska, on the Bering Strait. Length: about 290 km (180 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The work tested the accuracy of three different AI approaches against field data collected by Los Alamos researchers from three watersheds with patchy permafrost on the Seward Peninsula in Alaska.

From Science Daily Jan. 17, 2024

The bear entered the village of Wales on Tuesday afternoon, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, and began chasing people, police said.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2023

The storm will stall just offshore of the Seward Peninsula over the weekend, continuing to push the Pacific toward Alaska’s vulnerable coastline.

From Washington Post Sep. 16, 2022

Nome, on the Seward Peninsula, picked up 0.43 inches of rain on Sunday, which was also a daily record.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2021

The strait between Siberia’s Chukotsky Peninsula and Alaska’s Seward Peninsula is now only 56 miles wide and about 120 feet deep, shallower than many lakes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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