Cape Fligely
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Cape Fligely
мыс Флигели | |
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| Cape Fligely is located at the northern tip of Rudolf Island in Franz Josef Land. Cape Fligely is located at the northern tip of Rudolf Island in Franz Josef Land. | |
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| Location | Arkhangelsk Oblast, File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Offshore water bodies | Arctic Ocean |
Cape Fligely (Russian: Мыс Флигели; Mys Fligeli) is located on the northern shores of Rudolf Island and Franz Josef Land in the Russian Federation,[1][2] and is the northernmost point of Russia, Europe, and Eurasia as a whole. It is 909 kilometres (565 mi) south from the North Pole.
History
[edit | edit source]The northernmost point of Europe and Eurasia is "nameless" located 450 m North and 1800 m west of Cape Fligely.
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Cape Fligely
The northernmost point of Europe and Eurasia is "nameless" located 450 m North and 1800 m west of Cape Fligely.
This cape was first visited on 12 April 1874 by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition and named after Austrian cartographer Field Marshal August von Fligely (1811–1879).[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Russian Geographic Society: «Cape Fligely on Rudolph Island — the northernmost point of the Eurasian landmass» Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; «Мыс Флигели на острове Рудольфа — крайняя северная островная точка России и Евразии»
- ^ A. Umbreit. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, & Jan Mayen. Bradt Travel Guides, 2009. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- ^ Кристоф Рансмайр «Ужасы льдов и мрака»
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
