Which Alaskan peninsula extends westward between the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean?

The Seward Peninsula is the Alaskan peninsula extending westward between the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean.

It forms a broad, mountainous projection in western Alaska and nearly reaches Russia across the Bering Strait. The peninsula is named after William H. Seward, the U.S. secretary of state associated with the 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia.

Nome is the best-known settlement on the peninsula and became famous during the Nome Gold Rush beginning in 1898. The region also includes the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, where the landscape preserves evidence of the ancient land connection between Asia and North America.

The Seward Peninsula is often confused with the Alaska Peninsula, which extends southwest from mainland Alaska and separates the Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea. The Kenai Peninsula lies much farther southeast, near Anchorage.