Key facts
- Location
- Arkhangelsk Oblast , Russia
- Offshore water bodies
- Arctic Ocean
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- headland
- Named after
- August von Fligely
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Body of water
- Arctic Ocean
- Image
- Kap Fligely 4 2012-08-10.jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Rudolf Island
- Commons category
- Cape Fligely
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Encyclopedic overview
Cape Fligely (Russian: Мыс Флигели; Mys Fligeli) is located on the northern shores of Rudolf Island and Franz Josef Land in the Russian Federation, and is the northernmost point of Russia, Europe, and Eurasia as a whole. It is 909 kilometres (565 mi) south of the North Pole.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cape Fligely” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.