Cape Flissingsky
Cape Flissingsky is a cape on Northern Island, Novaya Zemlya, Russia. It is considered the easternmost point of Europe, including islands. The cape was discovered by Willem Barents in 1596, during his pursuit of the northern sea route to Asia.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Mys Fissinskiy”, “Mys Flissinskiy”, and “Mys Visserger-Goft”
Cape Flissingsky
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
76.70205° or 76° 42′ 7″ north
Longitude
69.06579° or 69° 3′ 57″ east
Open location code
CJ8FP328+R8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Cape Flissingsky” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Flissinqski burnu”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Флісінгскі”
- Belarusian: “Флісінгскі”
- Bosnian: “Rt Flisingski”
- Cebuano: “Mys Flissingskiy”
- Chinese: “弗利辛斯基角”
- Czech: “Mys Flissingskij”
- Dutch: “Kaap Flissingski”
- French: “cap Flissingski”
- French: “Cap Flissingski”
- German: “Kap Flissingski”
- Italian: “Capo Flissingskij”
- Japanese: “フリッシングスキー岬”
- Latvian: “Flisingas rags”
- Macedonian: “Флисингски”
- Polish: “Przylądek Flissingski”
- Russian: “мыс Флиссингский”
- Russian: “Мыс Флиссингский”
- Russian: “Флиссингский мыс”
- Russian: “Флиссингский”
- Serbian: “Rt Flisingski”
- Serbian: “Рт Флисингски”
- Slovenian: “Rt Flisingski”
- Turkish: “Flissingski Burnu”
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