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Uelen
Uelen
(;
Chukchi
: ;
Yupik
: Улыӄ or Олыӄ; also known as Whalen in older English-language sources and Ugelen on
USCGS
charts) is a
rural locality
(a
selo
) in the
Chukotsky District
, just south of the
Arctic Circle
in
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
in the
Russian Far East
. Population: Located near
Cape Dezhnev
where the
Bering Sea
meets the
Chukchi Sea
, it is the
easternmost settlement in Russia
and the whole of
Eurasia
. Uelen is also the closest Russian settlement to the
United States
. It is on the northeast corner of the Uelen Lagoon, a roughly 15 by 3 km east-west lagoon separated from the ocean by a sandspit. Municipally, Uelen is subordinated to Chukotsky Municipal District and is incorporated as
Uelen Rural Settlement
.
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