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Chelyuskin, Cape

Chelyuskin, Cape chĭlyo͞oˈskĭn [key], northernmost point (lat. 77°43′N) of Asia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N central Siberian Russia. It is named after the Russian navigator who discovered it in 1742.

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