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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 . It is located on the in the very sparsely populated of .
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: easternmost point of the Asian continent
  • Also known as: “Cape Dezheva”, “Cape Dezhnyov”, and “Vostochnyy”
  • Historically known as: “Cape East”, “Cape Vostochny”, and “East Cape”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naukan.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a deserted Yupik village on Cape Dezhnev, Russia. Prior to 1958, it was the easternmost settlement in the Eurasian continent. This distinction is now held by the Russian village in the , roughly 16 km to the northwest.

Cape Dezhnev

Latitude
66.08034° or 66° 4′ 49″ north
Longitude
-169.65197° or 169° 39′ 7″ west
Open location code
92RG38JX+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1834953478
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
4031747
Wiki­data ID
Q650495
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Satellite Map

Discover Cape Dezhnev from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • 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”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kap Deschnjow”
  • Turkish: “Dejnyov Burnu”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Дежнева”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Дежнєва”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Дежньова”
  • Uzbek: “Dejnyov burni”
  • Uzbek: “Dejnyov Burni”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape Dezhnev”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.