Cape Dezhnyov

Cape Dezhnev
Russian: мыс Дежнёва
Eskimo–Aleut: Tugnehalha
Cape
Cape Dezhnev is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Cape Dezhnev
Cape Dezhnev
Coordinates: 66°4′45″N 169°39′7″W / 66.07917°N 169.65194°W / 66.07917; -169.65194
LocationChukotka, Russia
Offshore water bodiesChukchi Sea
Area
 • TotalRussian Far East
Elevation741 m (2,431 ft)
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),[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov ; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House , 1989 .-- p. 130 . - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
  2. ^ Cape Dezhnyov, Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Dezhnev Cape, vol. 8, page 25