Cape Fligely (; ''Mys Fligeli'') is located on the northern shores of Rudolf Island and

Franz Josef Land Franz Josef Land () is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited only by military personnel. It constitutes the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast and consists of 192 islands, which cover an area of , stretching from east ...

in the

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, and is the northernmost point of Russia,

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, and

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as a whole. It is south from the

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History

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).Кристоф Рансмайр «Ужасы льдов и мрака»
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* Extreme points of Russia Fligely {{ArkhangelskOblast-geo-stub

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