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Rudolf Island is almost completely glaciated. It is located very close to the limit of permanent Polar ice. Its highest point is 461 m (1,512 ft). The Middendorff Glacier (Lednik Middendorfa) covers the southeastern part of the island. [4] Cape Fligely, located on Rudolf Island's northern shore, is the northernmost point of Europe and Russia.
Northernmost Point — Cape Fligeli, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia (81°50'N, 59°14'E) Southernmost Point — Dana Island, Rote Ndao , Indonesia [ 1 ] (11°00'S, 122°52'E) When Cocos (Keeling) Islands included as part of Southeast Asia , then South Island (12°11'22"S, 96°54'22"E)
This is a list of the extreme points of the Arctic, ... Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast: Russia: Europe 911 566: Eurasia, including ...
The northernmost and easternmost points of Russia coincide with those of Eurasia (both for the mainland and including the islands). The extreme points of the Soviet Union were identical, except that the southernmost point of the Soviet Union was Kushka in Turkmenistan, and the extreme elevation was the Communism Peak in Tajikistan, at 7,495 ...
Southernmost point. Punta de Tarifa, Spain (36°00'00.2"N 05°36'39.5"W). This is the southernmost point of a small island connected to the coast by a causeway in 1808, so no longer an island. If manmade land is not accepted, the continental southernmost point is located slightly more to the North at 36°00'25"N. Westernmost point.
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 911 kilometres (566 mi) south from the North Pole.
The first drifting ice station was set up out of Rudolf Island in 1936. [34] An airstrip was then constructed on a glacier on the island, and by 1937 the winter population hit 300. [35] Activity dwindled during the Second World War and only a small group of men were kept at Rudolf Island, remaining unsupplied throughout the war. [36]
This is a list of the extreme points of Asia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent.. Asia. Northernmost Point — Cape Fligely, Prince Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia (81°52'N)