Billings Cape – a cape on the coast of the De Long Strait, Russia. It is a geographical reference point, separating the coast of the East Siberian Sea from the coast of the Chukchi Sea. The cape is a complex of a huge accumulative form similar to a barrier spit separating from the sea the water areas of several oval-shaped lagoons. The highest index of a storm roller comprises 5.2–5.4 m, and together with a dune on top of the storm roller crest, it amounts to 6.8 m. Here there is a polar hydrometeostation “Cape Billings.” It was named after the captain commander and hydrographer of the Russian Navy Joseph Billings. To the south of the cape, there is rather a large lagoon named Valkakynmangkak.
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(2016). Billings Cape. In: Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V. (eds) The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24237-8_81
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