Beringia National Park, National park in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Beringia National Park covers about 1.8 million hectares on the Chukchi Peninsula, on the western side of the Bering Strait. It is divided into six cluster areas, among them the Chegitun, Dezhnev, Mechigmen, Kolyuchin, Provideniya and Inchoun sections, the last being the Utyveem river basin. The terrain is maritime highland subarctic tundra, with mountains averaging 900 metres and Mount Iskhodnaya reaching 1,194 metres.
The territory was part of a land bridge connecting Asia and North America until approximately 11,000 years ago, enabling early human migration between continents. This ancient geographic connection shaped the distribution of indigenous peoples across the region for thousands of years afterward.
The park's name comes from Beringia, the land bridge that linked Chukotka to Alaska until about 11,000 BCE. The sparse population around the park is mostly indigenous Chukchi and Yupik people, whose villages and activities the park's staff work alongside.
Visiting requires a flight to Anadyr and specific border documentation required for entry to the Chukotka region. Most visitors access the park through organized tours or cruise ships, which provide the most practical way to explore the area.
Beringia National Park covers about 1.8 million hectares in six separate clusters, including the Koluchinsky section on Koluchin Island and the Inchoun section in the Uttyveem river basin. The park protects 47 mammal species, 15 of them in Russia's Red Book, and 157 bird species, 23 of them listed there.
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