Naukan
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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Monument to Semyon Dezhnyov.
Naukan
- Type: Locality
- Description: settlement in far eastern Russia
- Categories: former settlement, archaeological site, and abandoned village
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
66.01758° or 66° 1′ 3″ north
Longitude
-169.71165° or 169° 42′ 42″ west
Inception
14th century
Open location code
92RG279Q+28
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Naukan” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Наукан”
- Dutch: “Naoekan”
- Dutch: “Naukan”
- French: “Naoukan”
- French: “Naukan”
- German: “Meteorologische Station ‘Naukan’”
- German: “Naukan”
- Hungarian: “Naukan rom”
- Italian: “Naukan”
- Japanese: “ナウカン”
- Persian: “نائوکان”
- Russian: “Наукан”
- Slovenian: “Naukan”
- South Azerbaijani: “ناوکان، روسیه”
- Ukrainian: “Наукан”
- Uzbek: “Naukan (village)”
- Uzbek: “Naukan”
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