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Dezhnev

[ dezh-nef, -nee-awf; Russian dyi-zhnyawf ]

noun

  1. Cape, a cape in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Bering Strait: the northeasternmost point of Asia.


Dezhnev

/ dɪʒˈnjɔf /

noun

  1. Cape Dezhnev
    a cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia Former nameEast Cape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Inlaid on each side of the border monument is a rock taken from the far end of each continent: on the Asian side, Cape Dezhnev on the Bering Strait, on the European side, Portugal’s Cape Roca.

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