Uelen (also known as Whalen in older English-language sources and Ugelen on USCGS charts; the name of Uelen is thought by some sources to derive from the Chukchi “uvelen” meaning “black, thawed patch”):
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Is a rural locality in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the easternmost settlement in Russia. The first mention of the name Uelen appears on a map from the Billings-Sarychev expedition in 1792. There is a local legend, which offers a second explanation for the origin of the name. It describes the life of a strong local man called Uvelel’yn (literally translated as “slob”), a strong, poorly dressed man. U. is located in the northeasternmost part of the Chukotka Peninsula, near Cape Dezhnev – the easternmost point of Eurasia. U. is extended along the northern part of the Uelen Lagoon. The settlement is 3 m above sea level and is close to the cape of Uelen. The climate is subarctic. The average July temperature is at +7 °C, and the overall annual average is −6.7 °C. The vegetation is...
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(2016). Uelen. In: Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V. (eds) The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24237-8_534
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