'Cape Dezhnev' or 'Cape Dezhnyov' () is a
cape that forms the most eastern point of
Asia, on
Chukchi Peninsula in the
Bering Strait, in
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of
Russia. It is located 82 km across from the eastern
Cape Prince of Wales in
Alaska. In between, the
Diomede Islands and
Fairway Rock are located. It is named after Russian navigator
Semyon Dezhnev (
1605-
1672), who discovered it in
1648.
The distance to
Cape Baba on the western end of
Anatolia,
Turkey is 10,050 km, which is the largest dimension of
Asia.
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