Uelen

a cape on the coast of the southeastern Chukchi Sea, to the west of Dezhnev Cape. Cape Uelen ends in a rocky precipice about 100 m high. To the west of the cape is a lagoon formed by a spit, on which is the village of Uelen, Chukchi Autonomous Okrug (formerly Chukchi National Okrug), Magadan Oblast, RSFSR. Uelen is the site of a polar station.