Naukan
Abandoned village · Russia
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1400
- Population
- 0
- Coordinates
- 66.018, -169.709
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Naukan is a deserted Yupik village on Cape Dezhnev, Russia. Prior to 1958, it was the easternmost settlement in the Eurasian continent. This distinction is now held by the Russian village Uelen in the Chukotsky District, roughly 16 km to the northwest.