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Macabre sites in Asia

130 macabre sites in Asia, spread across 31 countries. The best known is Hashima Island in Japan. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In Asia
130
Countries
31
Share of world
6%
Little known
78 of 130

Macabre sites in Asia, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Macabre sites elsewhere

Europe829 Africa96 North America494 Oceania104

Questions about this page

What are the best known macabre sites in Asia?

Hashima Island in Japan leads the list. Abandoned island lying about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. Abandoned concrete buildings and the surrounding sea wall.

Which country in Asia has the most?

Japan (32), Turkey (13) and Kazakhstan (9). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

130 of the 2,188 macabre sites on this atlas, so 6%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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