Naukan

Chukotsky District, Russia · built 1400

Naukan (Naukan: Nuvuqaq; Russian: Наукан, Yupik: нывукак "Soddy", Nuvuqaq, Inupiaq: Nuuġaq) 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.

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