Cape Dezhnyov or Cape Dezhnev (Russian: мыс Дежнёва) is a cape that forms the easternmost mainland point of Eurasia, on the Chukchi Peninsula in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. It is located between the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea, 82 km across from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska. The Bering Strait lies in between and the Diomede Islands and Fairway Rock are located in the strait's midst.
In 1898 it was officially renamed Cape Dezhnev, replacing Captain James Cook's 'East Cape', in honor of Semyon Dezhnyov, the first recorded European to round it (1648). There is a large monument to Dezhnev on the coast.
The distance to the shore of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait in Yemen is 10,855 km, which is the largest dimension of mainland Asia.
Clemens Forell, a fictional German POW character based on a real escapee, travelled all the way to Iran after escaping from a Cape Dezhnev GULAG.
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 Monument to Semyon Dezhnev, Cape Dezhnev |
 Soviet Outpost |
 Soviet Ruins |
 Abandoned village of Naukan near Cape Dezhnev |
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Coordinates: 66°4′45″N 169°39′7″W / 66.07917°N 169.65194°W
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