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Cape Dezhnyov
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Key facts
- Location
- Chukotka , Russia
- Offshore water bodies
- Chukchi Sea
- Total
- Russian Far East
- Elevation
- 741 m (2,431 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- headland
- Named after
- Semyon Dezhnyov
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Body of water
- Bering Strait
- Image
- Bering Strait.jpeg
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- Cape Dezhnev
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Encyclopedic overview
Satellite image of Bering Strait. Cape Dezhnev, Russia is on the left while Cape Prince of Wales, USA is on the right. Headlands and islands of the Bering Strait as seen from a point 25 miles (40 km) south of the Diomede Islands. Cape Dezhnev on the far left.
Cape Dezhnyov or Cape Dezhnev (Russian: мыс Дежнёва; Eskimo–Aleut: Tugnehalha; Inupiaq: Nuuġaq), formerly known as East Cape or Cape Vostochny, is a cape that forms the easternmost mainland point of Asia. It is located on the Chukchi Peninsula in the very sparsely populated Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. This cape is located between the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Strait, 82 kilometres (51 mi) across from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska; the Bering Strait is delimited by the two capes. The Diomede Islands and Fairway Rock are located in the midst of the strait.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cape Dezhnyov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.