{{Short description|Cape in Alaska, United States}} '''Cape Deceit''' (Iñupiaq: ''Qipalut'') is a cape in Alaska.<ref>{{Cite GNIS|1412718|Feature Detail Report for: Cape Deceit (Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska)}}</ref> It is located in the Seward Peninsula on the Chukchi Sea coast.
Cape Deceit extends into Kotzebue Sound, 2 mi. NW of Deering; Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.
This cape's name was given in 1816 by Lt. Otto von Kotzebue. "Deceit" is a translation of the German {{lang|de|Betrug}}, for Kotzebue thought that there was something about the shape of the cape and its surroundings that indicated a bay that did not exist. Thus he declared it to be "deceitful".
The Eastern Beringian vole, ''Microtus deceitensis'', has been named after Cape Deceit.
==References== {{reflist}} * Cape Deceit vole: [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/00335894/2003/00000060/00000001/art00067] & {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070923181859/http://www.taiga.net/yourYukon/col313.html]}} * Bird life at Cape Deceit: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070817071332/http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/ammtap/colonies.htm]
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Deceit Category:Landforms of Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
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