Pèèkin

Pèèkin lies on the eastern shore of Chaun Bay, an inlet of the East Siberian Sea sheltered by islands and headlands. The Chukchi name is associated with a hill overlooking the bay. Rivers from the tundra enter its shallow waters, and reindeer herders used the surrounding country for summer pasture. Russian explorers described Chaun Bay in the eighteenth century, encountering a coast dominated by ice and a short northern summer.