Cape Schmidt
Cape Schmidt, formerly known as Cape North, is a headland in the Chukchi Sea, part of Iultinsky District of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: cape on the coast of the Chukchi Sea, Russia, also known by its Russian name, Mys Shmidta
- Also known as: “Mys Otto Shmidta” and “Shmidta”
- Historically known as: “Cape North”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ryrkaypiy and Mys Shmidta.
Ryrkaypiy
Village
Photo: Шабанов, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ryrkaypiy is a rural locality just to the west of Mys Shmidta in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Municipally, Ryrkaypiy is incorporated as Ryrkaypiy Rural Settlement. Population: 766 .
Mys Shmidta
Hamlet
Mys Shmidta is an urban locality in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located about 5 kilometers southeast of the cape of the same name on the shore of the Chukchi Sea, south of Wrangel Island, about 650 kilometers from Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug.
Cape Schmidt
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Chukotka, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
68.93047° or 68° 55′ 50″ northLongitude
-179.49134° or 179° 29′ 29″ westOpen location code
92W2WGJ5+5FOpenStreetMap ID
node 1748314325OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4031457Wikidata ID
Q2603783
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Cape Schmidt” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Otto Şmidt burnu”
- Catalan: “Cap Otto Schmidt”
- Catalan: “Cap Otto Xmidt”
- Cebuano: “Cape Schmidt”
- Cebuano: “Mys Shmidta”
- Dutch: “Kaap Schmidt”
- Italian: “Capo Schmidt”
- Latvian: “Oto Šmita rags”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mys Otto Sjmidta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Shmidt”
- Norwegian: “Mys Otto Sjmidta”
- Norwegian: “Mys Sjmidta”
- Russian: “мыс Отто Шмидта”
- Russian: “Мыс Отто Шмидта”
- Russian: “Мыс Шмидта”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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