Cape Dezhnev

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Cape Dezhnev is the easternmost point of the Asian continent, located on the Chukchi Peninsula facing the Bering Strait.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cape Dezhnev canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cape ⓘ
headland ⓘ
administrativeDistrict Chukotsky District ⓘ
climate Arctic climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
distanceToOppositePoint about 82 kilometers to Cape Prince of Wales ⓘ
ethnicRegion Chukchi ⓘ
extremeDirection easternmost point of the Asian continent ⓘ
extremePointOf Asia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
feature rocky shoreline ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
federalSubject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
formerName Cape Vostochny ⓘ
East Cape ⓘ
geologicalSetting northeastern edge of the Eurasian landmass ⓘ
hasLighthouse yes ⓘ
historicalSignificance marker of boundary between Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea ⓘ
site of early Russian exploration of the Far East ⓘ
latitudeApprox 66°N ⓘ
locatedIn Chukchi Peninsula ⓘ
Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East
locatedOn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Bering Strait ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
longitudeApprox 169°W ⓘ
namedAfter Semyon Dezhnev ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation Russian explorer ⓘ
navigationHazard fog ⓘ
sea ice ⓘ
strong currents ⓘ
nearbySettlement Lavrentiya ⓘ
Uelen ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Bering Sea ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ
oceanCurrent Bering Sea currents ⓘ
oppositePointAcrossStrait Alaska ⓘ
Cape Prince of Wales ⓘ
partOf Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
region Chukotka ⓘ
seaRoute Northern Sea Route vicinity ⓘ
separatedBy Bering Strait ⓘ
separatedFrom North America ⓘ
strategicImportance navigation in Bering Strait ⓘ
timeZone Anadyr Time ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chukchi Peninsula → extremePoint → Cape Dezhnev ⓘ
Chukchi Peninsula → cape → Cape Dezhnev ⓘ