Chernobyl
Chernobyl or Chornobyl is a town in Central Ukraine, and known infamously for the accident in the nearby nuclear power plant at Pripyat on 26 April 1986.
- Town with about 1,580 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 180 metres (590 feet)
- Description: partially abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
- Also known as“Chernobil”“Chornobyl‘”
Places of Interest
Discover Star of Wormwood memorial complex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zalissia.
Chernobyl
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Latitude
51.2705° or 51° 16′ 14″ north
Longitude
30.2196° or 30° 13′ 10″ east
UN/LOCODE
UA CHE
Open location code
9G3G76C9+6R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Chernobyl” goes by many names.
TsjornobilAfrikaans
ÇernobiliAlbanian
ChernobylAlbanian
تشيرنوبلArabic
تشيرنوبيلArabic
شيرنوبلArabic
مفاعل تشرنوبيلArabic
مفاعل تشيرنوبيلArabic
ՉեռնոբիլArmenian
ÇernobılAzerbaijani
ЧернобыльBashkir
TxernobilBasque
TxernobylBasque
TxornobylBasque
ЧарнобыльBelarusian
ČernobilBosnian
ČernobiljBosnian
TchernobylBreton
TchornobylBreton
ЧернобилBulgarian
ChernobylCatalan
TxernòbilCatalan
TxernòbylCatalan
TxornòbilCatalan
TxornòbillCatalan
TxornòbylCatalan
TxornòbyllCatalan
XernòbilCatalan
ЧернобыльChechen
切尔诺贝利Chinese
切爾諾貝利Chinese
切爾諾貝爾Chinese
車諾比Chinese
ÇornobılCrimean Tatar
ČernobilCroatian
ČernobiljCroatian
ČornobyljCroatian
ČernobylCzech
ČornobylCzech
ChernobylDanish
TjernobylDanish
TjornobylDanish
ChernobylDutch
TjernobilDutch
TjernobylDutch
TsjenobylDutch
TsjernobielDutch
TsjernobilDutch
TsjernobylDutch
TsjornobylDutch
ЧернобыльEastern Mari
تشيرنوبلEgyptian Arabic
ĈernobilEsperanto
ĈernobiloEsperanto
ChernobylEstonian
TšernobõlEstonian
TšornobõlEstonian
TšernobylFinnish
TshernobylFinnish
TshornobylFinnish
TšornobylFinnish
Tchernobyl (historical)French
ChernóbilGalician
ჩერნობილიGeorgian
ΤσερνόμπιλGreek
ΤσορνόμπιλGreek
ChernobylHausa
טשרנובילHebrew
צ’רנובילHebrew
चेरनोबिलHindi
CsernobilHungarian
TsjernobylIcelandic
ChornobilIdo
ChernobylIndonesian
ChornobylIndonesian
ČornobylInterlingua
CernobilItalian
Černobyl‘Italian
ChernobylItalian
ČornobylItalian
チェルノブイリJapanese
チョルノービリJapanese
チョルノーブィリJapanese
チョルノブィリJapanese
ChernobylJavanese
체르노빌Korean
초르노빌Korean
ChernobilLadino
CzernobelaLatin
ČernobiļaLatvian
ČornobiļaLatvian
ČernobilisLithuanian
ČernobylisLithuanian
ČornòbylisLithuanian
TschernobylLuxembourgish
ЧернобилMacedonian
ChernobylMalagasy
TchernobylMalagasy
ChernobylMalay
ChornobylMalay
ChornobylManx
چرنوبیلMazanderani
ჩერნობილიMingrelian
ЧернобыльMongolian
Tsjernobyl (historical)Norwegian
TsjornobylNorwegian
ChernobylNorwegian Bokmål
TjernobylNorwegian Bokmål
TsjernobylNorwegian Bokmål
TsjornobylNorwegian Bokmål
ChernobylNorwegian Nynorsk
Tsjernobyl (historical)Norwegian Nynorsk
TsjornobylNorwegian Nynorsk
ChornobylOccitan (post 1500)
ЧернобыльOssetian
چرنوبيلPersian
چرنوبیلPersian
CzarnobylPolish
CernobâlRomanian
CernobîlRomanian
CiornobîlRomanian
ЧернобылRomanian
ЧернобыльRussian
ЧорнобыльRusyn
ČernobylisSamogitian
ČernuobīlisSamogitian
ChernobylScots
ChornobylScots
ČernobilSerbian
ČernobiljSerbian
ЧернобиљSerbian
ЧорнобильSerbian
ČernobilSerbo-Croatian
ČernobiljSerbo-Croatian
ChernobilSerbo-Croatian
ChernobylSicilian
ČernobyľSlovak
ČernobilSlovenian
ČornobilSlovenian
چرنوبیلSouth Azerbaijani
ChernobylSwedish
OpatjitjiSwedish
TjenobylSwedish
TjernobylSwedish
TjornobilSwedish
TjornobylSwedish
ChernobylTagalog
ЧорнобыльTatar
ชอร์นอบึลThai
ÇernobilTurkish
ChernobylTurkish
ÇernobilTurkmen
ÇernobylTurkmen
ChornobylUkrainian
ЧорнобильUkrainian
Чорнобильська зонаUkrainian
ČernobylUpper Sorbian
ČornobylUpper Sorbian
چرنوبلUrdu
ChernobilUzbek
ChernobylVietnamese
ChornobylVietnamese
Tréc-nô-bưnVietnamese
ChernobylWaray (Philippines)
TsjernobylWestern Frisian
切尔诺贝利Wu Chinese
ChernobylXhosa
ЧернобыльYakut
טשערנאָבילYiddish
טשערנאבלYiddish
切爾諾貝爾Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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