Cape Dezhnev

66.079166666667 - 169.65194444444Koordinaten: 66 ° 4 ' 45 "N, 169 ° 39' 7" W

The Cape Deschnjow (alternative spelling Cape Deschnjew, Russian: Мыс Дежнёва, after the Russian sailors and trappers Semyon Deschnjow, in 1648 sailed around it was the first European ) is the easternmost point of Russia and thus also of the Asian mainland ( which belongs to Russia Ratmanov island lies further east ).

Geography

It is located on the Chukchi Peninsula on the Bering Strait, which Chukchi Sea ( Arctic Ocean ) and connects the Bering Sea ( North Pacific Ocean ). The Russian chap Deschnjow lies to the east, the U.S. Cape Prince of Wales over a distance of 82 km. In between are the Diomede Islands. Through the Bering Strait, the East Siberia from Alaska, thus separating Russia from the U.S. and Asia so of America, runs in a north -south direction the global date line.

The distance to the Cape Baba in Anatolia (Turkey), which is situated on the Aegean coast of the westernmost point of the Asian mainland is 8223 km. The greatest expansion, the Asian continent but not from his West to his Eastern Cape, but between Cape Deschnjow and Ra's Bab al - Mandab in Yemen. The distance between two points is 10,858 km.

Others

The area was so far in the novel, their feet will carry a starting point the flight of Clemens Forell.