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EncyclopediaCape DezhnevCape Dezhnev (dezh'nuf, Russ. dyāsh'nyuf) [key]or East Cape,northeasternmost point of Asia, Russian Far East, on Chukchi Peninsula and on the Bering Strait. It is named after Semyon Dezhnev, the Russian navigator who explored it in 1648. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Cape Dezhnev from Infoplease:
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