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The Arctic Cape (, Mys Arkticheskiy) is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
With a distance of 990.8 km to the North Pole, the Arctic Cape is sometimes used as starting point for expeditions to the North Pole.
The Arctic Cape is not the northernmost point of Russia. That distinction goes to Cape Fligely (Мыс Флигели, Mys Fligeli) on Rudolf Island (Остров Рудолфа, Ostrov Rudolfa), an island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago. The northernmost point of mainland Asia is Cape Chelyuskin.
This cape also marks the Kara Sea's northeastern limit, which is the eastern end of a line running from Cape Kohlsaat in Franz Josef Land to the Arctic Cape.
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