Seward Peninsula is the Alaskan peninsula between Norton Sound and the Bering Strait.
It projects westward from northwestern Alaska and comes close to Russia across the Bering Strait. The peninsula is named for William H. Seward, the United States secretary of state associated with the 1867 purchase of Alaska. Nome is its best-known settlement and became famous during the Klondike-era gold-rush period and the Nome Gold Rush.
The landscape includes tundra, permafrost, mountains and extensive wetlands. The region also preserves archaeological evidence connected with ancient movements of people between Asia and North America, although the exact routes and timing of those movements are subjects of continuing research.
Seward Peninsula should not be confused with the Alaska Peninsula, which extends southwest from mainland Alaska toward the Aleutian Islands. Seward Peninsula is farther north and west, close to the Bering Strait.