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Dezhnev
[ dezh-nef, -nee-awf; Russian dyi-zhnyawf ]
noun
- Cape, a cape in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Bering Strait: the northeasternmost point of Asia.
Dezhnev
/ dɪʒˈnjɔf /
noun
- Cape Dezhneva cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia Former nameEast Cape
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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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