List of ghost towns

The following is a partial list of ghost towns.

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1 Australia
2 Belgium
3 Cambodia
4 Canada
5 Chile
6 China
7 Cyprus
8 Faroe Islands
9 Finland
10 France
11 Guyana
12 Hungary
13 India
14 Iraq
15 Iran
16 Ireland
17 Italy
18 Ivory Coast
19 Japan
20 México
21 Montserrat
22 Namibia
23 The Netherlands
24 Norway
25 Pakistan
26 Poland
27 Russia
28 Saudi Arabia
29 Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands
- 29.1 South Georgia
30 Spain
31 Turkey
32 Turkmenistan
33 Ukraine
34 United Kingdom
35 United States
36 See also
37 References
38 External links

Australia

Big Bell, Western Australia
Boydtown, New South Wales; Originally settled and then abandoned in the 1840s. Remained abandoned until the 1930s. It is now a growing town with commercial and residential developments.
Broad Arrow, north of Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
Cassilis, Victoria
Cook, South Australia
Copperfield, Queensland
Cossack, Western Australia
Crotty, Tasmania
Farina, South Australia
Glen Davis, New South Wales
Goldsworthy, Western Australia
Gwalia, north of Kalgoorlie, and 4 km south of Leonora (Western Australia)
Hill End, New South Wales; Never fully abandoned, now a popular tourist town.
Jay Creek, Northern Territory
Joadja near Mittagong
Kanowna, near Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
Kiandra, New South Wales
Linda, Tasmania
Malcolm, east of Leonora (Western Australia)
Mary Kathleen, Queensland,55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry(Queensland)
Maytown, Queensland, in the Palmer River goldfields (Queensland)
Moliagul, Victoria, 202 km north west from Melbourne
Nannine, Western Australia
Newnes, New South Wales
Old Tallangatta, Victoria, most of the township was moved 5 miles west due to the enlargement of Lake Hume. The current township of Tallangatta has approximately 1000 residents.
Ophir, New South Wales
Ora Banda, Western Australia
Pillinger, Tasmania
Ravenswood, Queensland
Silverton, near Broken Hill, New South Wales
Tarcoon, New South Wales
Walhalla, in the Baw Baw mountains (Victoria)
Western Tyers, Victoria
Wittenoom, Western Australia
Yerranderie in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales

Faroe Islands

Blankskáli, Kalsoy
Fossá, Borðoy
Múli, Borðoy
Skarð, Kunoy
Skarvanes, Sandoy
Skálatoftir, northwesternmost village on Borðoy
Slættanes, Vágar
Strond, north of Ánir
Víkar, Vágar
Víkarbyrgi, Suðuroy

Finland

Jussarö, an old village near the Jussarö mines

France

Six of the French villages destroyed in the First World War have never been rebuilt. All are found in the département of Meuse, and were destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in 1916:

Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed by a Waffen-SS battalion during the Second World War and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved.

Guyana

Jonestown, created by cult leader Jim Jones. On November 18, 1978, he conducted a mass suicide with his cult, resulting in 913 of the 1,110 inhabitants dead.

Hungary

Derenk, in north-east Hungary, was depopulated between 1938-1943, so that the surrounding area could be used as hunting grounds for Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary.

India

Iraq

Babylon

Iran

Ireland

Slievemore(Sliabh Mór) [1]

Italy

Bussana Vecchia, Liguria
Melito Vecchio (Old Melito), Avellino, Campania
Poggioreale, Sicily
Tocco Caudio, Benevento, Campania

Ivory Coast

Grand Bassam

Japan

Hashima Island

México

Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí
San Antonio de la Iguana, Nuevo León, Lat 26° 53' 60N, Long 100° 13' 0W
San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacan Abandoned due to Paricutin volcano

Montserrat

Plymouth
St. Patrick's

Namibia

Kolmanskop and Elizabeth Bay old Diamond mining town

The Netherlands

Schokland

Norway

Pyramiden, a Russian settlement on Svalbard

Pakistan

Amri (Fortified town between 3600 to 3300 BC)
Chanhudaro (Settlement between 4000-1700 BC)
Ganeriwala (Urban center around 3000 BC)
Harappa (Fortified city between 3300-1600 BC)
Kot Diji (Ancient site about 3000 BC)
Mehrgarh (Ancient settlement around 7000 BC)
Mohenjo Daro (Ancient city about 2600-1700 BC)
Sokhta Koh (Harappan settlement around 2600-1900 BC)
Takht Bhai (Remains of a famous Buddhist monastery from the 1st century CE)

Poland

Kłomino

Russia

Atil
Ksnyatin
Mangazeya
Mologa
Sarai Berke - said to be 10 times larger than London in the 14th century
Sarkel
Sviyazhsk
Tmutarakan

Saudi Arabia

Albaten
Najd
Shaqra
Tharmida

Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands

Deception Island, a Chilean-Norwegian whaling settlement.

South Georgia

Grytviken, a Norwegian whaling settlement on the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia
Leith Harbour
Ocean Harbour
Husvik
Stromness
Prince Olav Harbour

Spain

Belchite, Zaragoza, Aragón
Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castilla y León
La Cornudilla, Valencia
Fiscal, Towns of Lacort, Jánovas and more in the region called "Solana de Fiscal" - Huesca (Aragón)
Pernui in Sort, Lleida, Cataluña

Turkey

Troy

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Ashopton, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
Derwent, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
Bothwellhaugh, North Lanarkshire (Under Strathclyde Loch)
Buckenham Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
Dunwich, Suffolk (under the sea)
Hallsands, Devon (destroyed by a storm in 1917)
Imber, Wiltshire (taken over by Army in 1943)
Knaptoft, Leicestershire (deserted in Seventeenth Century)
Lynford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
Martinsthorpe, Rutland
Nether Hambleton and Middle Hambleton, Rutland (both under reservoir)
North Rona, a remote island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland (evacuated in 1844)
Over the Border, Middlesbrough, (largely abandoned but plans to regenerate the area) [2])
Saint Kilda, an island off Scotland (evacuated in 1930)
Shipden, Norfolk (under the sea)
Stanford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
Sturston, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
Tottington, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
Tyneham, Dorset (taken over by Army in 1943)
West Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)