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Arctic Cape

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Ushakov and his two companions explored the west coast of the large central island—October Revolution—before crossing a strait to Komsomolets Island and sledging to the northernmost point of the archipelago. This is now known as Arctic Cape, though Ushakov originally named it for the later disgraced
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The Arctic Cape is not the northernmost point of Russia. That distinction goes to
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archipelago. The northernmost point of mainland Asia is
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Exploring Polar Frontiers: a Historical Encyclopedia
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Russian
Headland
Location of Arctic Cape
Arctic Cape is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
81°16′15.8″N 95°47′4.7″E / 81.271056°N 95.784639°E / 81.271056; 95.784639
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Russia
Arctic Ocean
Russian
Russian Far North
Russian
headland
Severnaya Zemlya
Russia
North Pole
North Pole
Arctic Ocean
Molotov Glacier
Komsomolets Island
island
Joseph Stalin
Molotov
Cape Fligely
Rudolf Island
Franz Josef Land
Cape Chelyuskin
Kara Sea
Cape Kohlsaat
Franz Josef Land

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