Cape Dezhnev
Cape Dezhnyov or Cape Dezhnev, formerly known as East Cape or Cape Vostochny, is a cape that forms the easternmost mainland point of Asia. It is located on the Chukchi Peninsula in the very sparsely populated Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Cape
- Description: easternmost point of the Asian continent
- Also known as“Cape Dezheva”“Cape Dezhnyov”“Vostochnyy”
- Historically known as“Cape East”“Cape Vostochny”“East Cape”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naukan.
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Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Cape Dezhnev
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Latitude
66.08033° or 66° 4′ 49″ north
Longitude
-169.6523° or 169° 39′ 8″ west
Open location code
92RG38JX+43
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Cape Dezhnev” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դեժնյովի հրվանդան”
- Asturian: “Cabo Dezhneva”
- Asturian: “Cabu Dezhneva”
- Azerbaijani: “Dejnyov burnu”
- Basque: “Dezhniov”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Дзяжнёва”
- Bulgarian: “Дежньов”
- Bulgarian: “Нос Дежньов”
- Catalan: “Cap Dejniov”
- Catalan: “Cap Dezhneva”
- Cebuano: “Mys Dezhnëva”
- Chinese: “傑日尼奧夫角”
- Chinese: “杰日尼奥夫角”
- Chinese: “迭日涅夫角”
- Croatian: “Rt Dežnjev”
- Croatian: “Rt Dežnjov”
- Czech: “Děžněvův mys”
- Czech: “Děžňovův mys”
- Dutch: “Kaap Dezjnjov”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Deĵnjov”
- Estonian: “Dežnjovi neem”
- Estonian: “Vostotšnõi neem”
- Finnish: “Dezhneva”
- Finnish: “Dezhnevin niemi”
- Finnish: “Dezhnevinniemi”
- Finnish: “Dežneva”
- Finnish: “Dežnevin niemi”
- Finnish: “Deznevinniemi”
- Finnish: “Dežnevinniemi”
- Finnish: “Dežnjovinniemi”
- Finnish: “Itäniemi”
- French: “cap Dejnev”
- French: “Cap Dejnev”
- French: “Cap Dezhnev”
- French: “Cap Oriental” (historical)
- German: “Kap Deschnew”
- German: “Kap Deschnjow”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Ντεζνιόβα”
- Hausa: “Cape Dezhnyov”
- Hebrew: “כף דז’נב”
- Icelandic: “Desnjév höfði”
- Icelandic: “Desnjév-höfði”
- Indonesian: “Tanjung Dezhnev”
- Italian: “Capo Dezhnev”
- Italian: “Capo Dežnëv”
- Japanese: “デジニョフ岬”
- Japanese: “デジネフ岬”
- Kabardian: “Дежнев”
- Kazakh: “Дежнёв мүйісі”
- Kirghiz: “Дежнёв тумшугу”
- Korean: “데즈뇨프곶”
- Kotava: “Dejnyov Evilma”
- Latin: “Promunturium Dezhnevii”
- Latvian: “Dežņova rags”
- Lithuanian: “Dežniovo kyšulys”
- Macedonian: “Дежњов”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Dezhnev”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Dezjnjov”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Dezjnjov”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mys Dezjnjova”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Мыс Дежнёва”
- Norwegian: “Kapp Dezjnjov”
- Norwegian: “Mys Dezjnjova”
- Persian: “دماغه دژنف”
- Polish: “Przylądek Dieżniewa”
- Polish: “Przylądek Dieżniowa”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Dejniov”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Dezhnev”
- Romanian: “Capul Dejnev”
- Russian: “Восточный мыс”
- Russian: “Дежнева мыс”
- Russian: “Дежнёва мыс”
- Russian: “Мыс Дежнева”
- Russian: “мыс Дежнёва”
- Russian: “Мыс Дежнёва”
- Russian: “Чукотский Нос”
- Serbian: “Rt Dežnjev”
- Serbian: “Рт Дежњев”
- Serbian: “Рт Дежњов”
- Slovak: “Dežňovov mys”
- Slovenian: “Dežnjovov rt”
- Spanish: “Cabo Dezhnev”
- Spanish: “Cabo Dezhneva”
- Spanish: “Cabo Dezhniov”
- Swedish: “Kap Dezhnev”
- Swedish: “Kap Dezjnjov”
- Swedish: “Östkap”
- Swiss German: “Kap Deschnjow”
- Tatar: “Дежнёв борыны”
- Thai: “แหลมเดจนิออฟ”
- Turkish: “Dejnyov Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Дежнева”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Дежнєва”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Дежньова”
- Uzbek: “Dejnyov burni”
- Uzbek: “Dejnyov Burni”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Дежнёвские источники and Nunak.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Самая восточная континентальная точка Евразии and Monument to Semyon Dezhnyov.
Chukotka: Highlights
Notable places include Anadyr and Wrangel Island.
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