Cape Corwin is the easternmost point of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea in the U.S. state of Alaska. Nunivak Island, the second largest island in the Bering Sea, is a Permafrost -covered Volcanic Island lying about 48 km (30 miles offshore from The Bering (or Imarpik) Sea is a body of water in the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin (the Aleutian Basin) which rises through A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Alaska ( ÐлÑÑка Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent In the Cup'ig language it is known as Cing'ig ("point", as in point of land). The Yupik or in the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik, are a group of indigenous or aboriginal peoples of western southwestern and southcentral According to Donald Orth (1967, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names) the name marks the southwest entrance point to Etolin Strait. Etolin Strait is a Strait in the western region of the US state of Alaska, at about. According to local usage the feature is misnamed on official United States Geological Survey maps. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Since the name was recorded in 1908 it may have subsequently migrated to the next northernmost point of land, Cing'ig.