Cape Fligely

{{Short description|Cape on the Rudolf Island of Franz Josef Land in Russia}}

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| caption = Cape Fligely is located at the northern tip of Rudolf Island in Franz Josef Land.

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| location = Arkhangelsk Oblast, {{RUS}}

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Cape Fligely ({{Langx|ru|Мыс Флигели}}; Mys Fligeli) is located on the northern shores of Rudolf Island and Franz Josef Land in the Russian Federation,Russian Geographic Society: [http://int.rgo.ru/media/photo-media/scenic-russia/franz-joseph-land-the-%E2%80%9Crussian-antarctic-in-miniature%E2%80%9D/attachment/32-2/ «Cape Fligely on Rudolph Island — the northernmost point of the Eurasian landmass»]; «Мыс Флигели на острове Рудольфа — крайняя северная островная точка России и Евразии»A. Umbreit. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zaUMdfjn_QoC&pg=PA4 Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, & Jan Meyen.] Bradt Travel Guides, 2009. {{ISBN|1841622400}}. and is the northernmost point of Russia, Europe, and Eurasia as a whole. It is {{convert|909|km}} south from the North Pole.

History

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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).[http://magazines.russ.ru/inostran/2003/3/rains.html Кристоф Рансмайр «Ужасы льдов и мрака»]

See also

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