Chelyuskin

American  

[chel-yoos-kin, chyi-lyoos-kyin] / tʃɛlˈjʊs kɪn, tʃjɪˈljus kjɪn /

noun

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

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Chelyuskin British  

/ tʃɪˈljuskin /

noun

1. 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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Chelyuskin

In September the ice pack began fingering the Chelyuskin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Levanevsky later helped rescue the members of the wrecked Chelyuskin expedition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Schmidt and his men began chopping a path in the ice, nudging the Chelyuskin through it.

From Time Magazine Archive

More likely was the tentative course east to Northern Land, south to Cape Chelyuskin and back to Archangel via the Siberian Coast.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the sun rose, the Chelyuskin troll, that had so long had us in his power, was banned.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen