Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster is a monument in , . Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster is situated nearby to the industrial building , as well as near the ruins .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Sarcophagus / Shelter Object.

Power station
Photo: Ingmar Runge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of in northern , 16.5 kilometres northwest of the city of , 16 kilometres from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres north of . is situated 340 metres east of Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Industrial building
Photo: Roman Harak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus or Shelter Object is a massive steel and concrete structure covering the nuclear reactor number 4 building of the .

Building
Photo: Cls14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a structure put in place in 2016 to confine the remains of the number 4 reactor unit at the , in , which was destroyed during the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yaniv and Pripyat.

Locality
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an abandoned village in , , northern . It is located south of and west of the . is situated 3 km west of Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Town
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in , , located near the border with . Named after the nearby river, , it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad, a type of closed city in the Soviet Union that housed nuclear workers. is situated 3½ km northwest of Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Locality
Photo: Firef7y, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former village near , , just south-west of the Pripyat River Basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated and is now within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone; thus it has been abandoned since 1986. is situated 5 km southeast of Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Latitude
51.38977° or 51° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
30.09936° or 30° 5′ 58″ east
Open location code
9G3G93QX+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13284649020
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Ukrainian—“Site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Místo černobylské jaderné katastrofy”
  • Polish: “Miejsce katastrofy jądrowej w Czarnobylu”
  • Russian: “Место Чернобыльской ядерной катастрофы”
  • Ukrainian: “Місце Чорнобильської ядерної катастрофи”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Reactor #4 and Solar Chernobyl.

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