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Mys Dezhneva
Mys Dezhneva
(also
Cape Dezhnev
) (66°01'N, 169°43' E),
Russia
, 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
.
See also :
The Cape article for other well-known capes