Chelyuskin

American  

[chel-yoos-kin, chyi-lyoos-kyin] / tʃɛlˈyʊs kɪn, tʃyɪˈlyus kyɪn /

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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Example Sentences

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

When the Chelyuskin was within 150 mi. of the Bering Strait, the ice pack closed its fist, began its inexorable squeeze.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Vodopyanov, who took part in the Chelyuskin rescue, did the flying, covered the 560 miles to the Pole in six hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

The expeditions along the coast, east of Cape Chelyuskin, started from the town Yakoutsk, on the bank of the Lena, in 62° N. L., upwards of 900 miles from the mouth of the river.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882