Ryrkaypiy

Ryrkaypiy stands on a headland of the Chukchi Sea opposite Wrangel Island. Its Chukchi name refers to a walrus haul-out, recalling the marine animals that come to this Arctic shore. In 1791 Joseph Billings recorded the settlement during an overland journey by dog sled from Mechigmen Bay toward Chaun Bay. The coast and surrounding tundra supported both marine hunters and reindeer herders.