{{Short description|Headland on Wrangel Island, Russia}} {{about||the headland in Alaska|Cape Blossom}} {{Infobox landform | name = Blossom Point | native_name = {{native_name|ru| Мыс Блоссом }} | type = Headland | image = Kap Blossom 1 2014-08-19.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = View of the Polar station at Blossom point | pushpin_map = Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | map_width = | map_caption = | location = Wrangel Island | water_bodies = East Siberian Sea / Chukchi Sea | coordinates = {{coord|70|46|59.2|N|178|45|47.7|E|type:landmark_region:RU_scale:1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation = {{convert|2|m|abbr=on}} | area = Chukotka, <br>Russian Far East | references = }} '''Blossom Point''' ({{langx|ru|Мыс Блоссом}}), also known as "Cape Blossom", is a headland of Wrangel Island. Administratively it belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.
There are walruses and polar bears in the area of the cape.<ref>Belikovich A.V., Galanin A.V., Afonina O.M., Makarova I.I. ''Plant world of specially protected territories of Chukotka''. BSI FEB RAS (2006)</ref> ==History== This headland marks the northern border between the East Siberian Sea and the Chukchi Sea. Located {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} south of Cape Thomas, it is the westernmost point of Wrangel Island and the point closest to the Siberian mainland.<ref>''Sailing Directions for Siberia''. United States. Hydrographic Office; p. 53</ref>
Blossom Point was named in 1881 by USS ''Rodgers''' Lieutenant Robert M. Berry in honor of HMS ''Blossom'', on which the expedition led by Frederick William Beechey surveyed the Chukchi Sea in 1828.<ref>Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'' / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov ; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House , 1989 . {{ISBN|5-7581-0044-7}}</ref>
In 1911, during the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky on icebreakers ''Taimyr'' and ''Vaigach'', the Russian flag was raised north of the cape, towards Cape Thomas, in order to claim Wrangel Island for the Russian Empire. {| |- valign="top" |thumb|300px|1913 map of Wrangel Island. |}
==See also== * List of research stations in the Arctic * Waring Point ==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Headlands of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Category:Wrangel Island Category:East Siberian Sea Category:Chukchi Sea {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub}}