Environmental disaster ghost towns

Chernobyl, also known as Chornobyl, is a partially abandoned city in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, to the north of Kyiv and to the southwest of Gomel in neighbouring Belarus. Prior to being evacuated in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, it was home to approximately 14,000 residents—considerably less than adjacent Pripyat, which was completely abandoned following the incident. Since then, although living anywhere within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is technically illegal, Ukrainian authorities have tolerated those who ha

Craco is a ghost town and comune in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, abandoned after the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. It is a tourist attraction and a popular filming location. In 2010, Craco was included in the watch list of the World Monuments Fund.

borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States

town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

town in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

town in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States

village and former town in Argentina

Nyonoksa, also Nenoksa, ( ) is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of Severodvinsk Town of Oblast Significance, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It is located at the coast of the Dvina Bay of the White Sea (the Summer Coast) northwest of the city of Severodvinsk. The Nyonoksa railway station is from Nyonoksa at the mostly military village of Sopka along the Northern Railway line from Severodvinsk. Nyonoksa is accessible by land vehicles only during the winter months when the nearby swampland freezes.

human settlement in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States of America

ghost town in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States of America

former townsite located within the Wittenoom Asbestos Hazard Zone in Western Australia

former neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, United States

human settlement in Missouri, United States of America

ghost town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States

human settlement in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States of America