Glory of Russia Cape


Glory of Russia Cape is the northernmost point of St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea in the US state of Alaska. The cape is hilly, with the peak south of the cape being high, while at its coastline the cape is 5 m above mean sea level.
The nearest town is Nash Harbor in Bethel Census Area, about away. The St. Paul Island Airport is the nearest airport and heliport to the cape, about away.
All of St. Matthew Island lies under the management control of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, an area of significant phytogeographic interest for its diverse lichens. The island has a length of and a width of diverging towards the north, and lies west of the mainland of Alaska. It is part of a bird sanctuary, which was established in February 1909 and is known as the Bering Sea Reservation. The hills of the isolated island rise to about height and are covered with moss and lichen. Little auks, birds usually found in the North Atlantic, were sighted in auklet colonies near the Glory of Russia Cape from 12 to 24 June 1983.
The cape was named by Russian polar explorer and hydrographer Gavril Sarychev in honor of the ship Glory of Russia. The cape, a promontory, was probably also named “M Slavy Rossii” meaning “Cape Glory of Russia” by the Russian Hydrographic Department in 1849 for Lt. Sarichev’s ship, which was moored here on 14 July 1791.
The 8,105-ton Greek ship Milos Reefer, in length, was wrecked at Glory of Russia Cape on 15 November 1989.