What do the most extreme points of Russia look like?

We will consider the extreme points with the inclusion of islands and exclaves, therefore the extreme northern point of our country will be Cape Fligeli, which is located on Franz Josef Land in the Arkhangelsk region.

Cape Fligeli is the extreme northern land point of Russia, Europe and the whole of Eurasia.

It got its name after the Austrian cartographer August von Fliegeli, who discovered it.

Of course, except for birds and polar bears, there is not a soul here…

Just look at this power.

In the distance, you can see a huge icy part of the cape.

Looking at the tiny people against the background of a huge block of ice, you understand the power of the elements.

Polar bears.

Cold, regal beauty and outward calm…

And this cape is the northernmost continental point of Russia and Eurasia. The water depth at the cape is 10 meters.

The climate here is Arctic and very harsh. The climatic winter reigns here for 11.5 months.

Currently, there is a station on the cape where 8 to 10 people spend the winter.

Ratmanov Island or Bolshoy Diomede, belonging to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, is the easternmost point of Russia.

It got its name in honor of M. I. Ratmanov, the Russian navigator.

There is a base of Russian border guards on the island here, and there is no population. The depth of the waters off the coast reaches 43 meters.

3.76 km from Bolshoy Diomede, as Ratmanov Island is also called, there is a Small Diomede belonging to the United States. This photo was taken just from its shores.

This cape is the extreme eastern continental point of the Chukchi Peninsula and, accordingly, the extreme eastern mainland point of Russia and the whole of Eurasia. It is named after Semyon Dezhnev, a Russian navigator.

Just in memory of Semyon Dezhnev, a lighthouse in the form of a four-sided obelisk is installed at an altitude of about 100 meters above sea level.

Currently, individual Eskimo families live on the cape.

This is the Normeln Border Post, located on the Baltic Spit in the Kaliningrad region.

There are few photos here, it’s still a border zone, so if you were there, you can add it in the comments.

And here is the westernmost continental point of Russia. The Pededze River (est. Pedetsi) flows through the territory of three countries: Estonia, Latvia and Russia.

It is also the southernmost continental point. It is quite difficult to find it, since it has a clear name on the maps. It is known that it is located at an altitude of over 3,500 m, 2.2 km east of Mount Ragdan and southwest of the Nesen Mountains (3.7 km) and Bazarduzu (7.3 km) in Dagestan.