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Cape Dezhnev, cape, north-eastern Russia, which forms the easternmost part of the Chukchi Peninsula and of the entire mainland of Asia. Also called East Cape or Mys Dezhneva, the cape is separated from Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, by the Bering Strait. The cape is named after the Russian explorer S. I. Dezhnev, who sailed around it in 1648.

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