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Grindavík
Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, located near Þorbjörn.
Schokland
Schokland () is a former island in the Dutch Zuiderzee, in the municipality of Noordoostpolder. Schokland was an elongated strip of peat land which ceased to be an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed from the sea in 1942. It is now just a slightly elevated part of the polder, with a still partly intact retaining wall of the waterfront of Middelbuurt. On 1 April 2014, it had 8 inhabitants, but according to Statistics Netherlands there are five people living on the former island.
Pyramiden
thumb|White writing above the abandoned coal mine. It says "Peace to the world!" in Russian (). The phrase was commonly used in Soviet state-owned projects. thumb|Company sign thumb|Abandoned buildings thumb|Gym inside the Pyramiden miners' housing complex
Great Blasket Island
island in Ireland
Achillbeg
thumb|Mayo islands Acaill Bheag, or Achillbeg, is a small island in County Mayo, Ireland, just off the southern tip of Achill Island. The island is located within a Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) area.
Močunigi
Močunigi (; ) is a small settlement in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Kurta
capital of Kurta Municipality in Georgia (Caucasus)
Oteševo
Oteševo () is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia. Oteševo, located on the shore of Lake Prespa, is roughly from the municipal centre of Resen. The village is without permanent residents.
Inis Cathaigh
island
Orlište
Orlište (Cyrillic: Орлиште) is a ghost town in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Döllersheim
Döllersheim is an abandoned village in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, located in the rural Waldviertel region about northwest of Vienna. It was evacuated in 1938 to make way for a Wehrmacht training ground. Since 1 January 1964 it has been a Katastralgemeinde of the Pölla municipality in the Zwettl District.
Tovarnica
Tovarnica (Cyrillic: Товарница) is a ghost town in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rutland Island, County Donegal
island in Ireland
Jussarö
thumb|Jussarö island in 2004. thumb|Jussarö Lighthouse on the Sundharu islet south from Jussarö island. thumb|A building from the mining period on Jussarö. Jussarö () is a Finnish island in the Gulf of Finland. It is located in the municipality of Ekenäs, Raseborg, Finland. Jussarö is known for the Jussarö Lighthouse. There is also an iron ore mine, but it was closed in 1967. The western part of Jussarö is included in Ekenäs Archipelago National Park.
Kataliontas
Kataliontas () was a small village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, 2 km south of Analiontas.
Klamputė
Klamputė is a hamlet in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is located by the Smilgaitis river and Keleriškiai pond, 3 km from Kėdainiai. According to the 2011 census, the hamlet has a population of 0 people.