Uelen

Meaning

Uelen

Coastal Chukchi village in eastern Siberia - the easternmost settlement in Russia and the closest place to Alaska, USA.

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The cape is the eastern tip of a high, rocky headland, about convert from Uelen in the north to Cape Pe'ek in the south, connected to the mainland by a neck of lower-lying land peppered with swamps and shallow lakes. Source: Internet

History Detail of a USCGS chart from 1937 showing Cape Dezhnev (East Cape) with the historical villages Tunkan, Uelen (Ugelen), Naukan (Nuokan), Enmitahin, and Dezhnevo (Port Dezhnev) marked. Source: Internet

Of the four historical villages on the cape itself, only Uelen is still inhabited. Source: Internet

Subsequently, there were established trading stations at Uelen and Deshnevo (Chukchi name Keniskun; Yupik Kaniskak). Source: Internet