Enurmino Point

Enurmino Point lies off the Chukchi Sea coast near Cape Serdtse-Kamen, and the life of this stretch of water belongs to the Chukchi villages on the shore. Enurmino takes its name from the Chukchi I'nnurmin, "a place behind the hills", for the valley among hills in which the village stands. Nearby finds show an older village used by the ancestors of its people, and the settlement itself sits on top of an ancient Chukchi community. The neighbouring settlement of Chegitun, beside the river of that name, was occupied from about AD 500. The sea off the point was the working ground of these shore communities for many centuries.