Cape Schmidt (Russian: Мыс Шми́дта; Mys Shmidta or Мыс Отто Шмидта; Mys Otto Shmidta; Chukchi: Ир-Каппея; Ir-Kappeya), formerly known as Cape North, is a headland in the Chukchi Sea, part of Iultinsky District of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.

[2] A Neolithic site of ancient marine hunters was found on the shore of Cape Schmidt.

[6] The local name of the landhead was Ir-Kappeya, meaning "Walrus constipation" in the Chukchi language.

James Cook named the headland "Cape North" in 1778 when he sailed through the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea,[7] demonstrating to people in Europe and North America that Russia and Alaska were separated.

[8] The cape was renamed after Soviet scientist and first head of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Otto Schmidt in 1934.