chelyuskin cape

noun

a cape in the Russian Federation in Asia: the northernmost point of the Asia mainland.

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Chelyuskin (Russian tʃɪˈljuskin)

—n
	Cape Chelyuskin a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia

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