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Cape Dezhnev

Cape Dezhnev (Russian: Mys Dezhneva) (), Russia, the cape that forms the eastern-most point of Asia, on Chukchi Peninsula in the Bering Strait. Named after Russian navigator Simon Dezhnev (1605-1672), who discovered it in 1648.



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