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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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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

In September the ice pack began fingering the Chelyuskin.

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

We are now more than 70 miles from Cape Chelyuskin, while from there to any inhabited region we are a long way farther.

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

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