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Seward Peninsula   /sˈuərd pənˈɪnsələ/   Listen
Seward Peninsula

noun
1.
A peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle.






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"Seward Peninsula" Quotes from Famous Books



... emerged from the water, had come into existence. To the east of Alaska, the warm Atlantic currents had become restricted by the rising land and did not flow so freely as formerly. To the south, the Seward Peninsula was forming, first appearing as a string of islands with shoals, then gradually rising more and more, until it restricted the ocean currents from the Pacific. The Arctic regions, being deprived of their warming influences, were beginning to feel ...
— Short Sketches from Oldest America • John Driggs

... Rocky Mountain system, and throughout their length, the remnants of this ancient level are to be seen. In height it varies from about 5000 ft. close to the bases of the mountain systems to less than 3000 ft. in the vicinity of the main lines of drainage, and slopes gradually towards the north.'' The Seward Peninsula is particularly rugged. This great plateau drains westward through broad, gently flowing streams, the network of whose tributary waters penetrates every corner of the interior and offers easy means of communication. Both the main streams and the smaller tributaries often flow through deep ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia



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