Predporozhnyy
Predporozhnyy
Предпорожный | |
|---|---|
Urban-type Settlement (abolished) | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Yakut | Предпорожнай |
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Location of Predporozhnyy  | |
  Predporozhnyy Location of Predporozhnyy  Predporozhnyy Predporozhnyy (Sakha Republic) | |
| Coordinates: 64°59′05.6″N 143°16′03.6″E / 64.984889°N 143.267667°E[1] | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Administrative district | Oymyakonsky |
| Abolished | 2007 |
| Area | |
• Total | 149,214.4 km2 (57,612.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2013)[2] | 200 |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 678730 |
Predporozhnyy (Russian: Предпорожный; Yakut: Предпорожнай, romanized: Predporojnay) is an abandoned settlement in Oymyakonsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia. It has also been referred to as Yubileynyy (Russian: Юбилейный, lit. 'Jubilee'), the name of the local gold mine. It rose to the status of an urban-type settlement in 1964.[2]
Geography
[edit]Predporozhnyy is located in the extreme north of Oymyakonsky District, at the convergence of two branches of the Indigirka River.[4] It is approximately 747 km from Yakutsk,[5] and approximately 5,217 km from Moscow.[6]
History
[edit]Predporozhnyy was founded in the 1950s after the discovery of gold deposits in the area.[7] It was classified as an urban-type settlement in 1961.[7] The settlement was abolished in 2007.[2]
Climate
[edit]The climate of Predporozhnyy can be classified as subarctic, or Dwc under the Köppen climate classification.
| Climate data for Predporozhnyy | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | −20 (−29) |
−11 (−24) |
5 (−15) |
23 (−5) |
43 (6) |
64 (18) |
70 (21) |
63 (17) |
45 (7) |
18 (−8) |
−9 (−23) |
−20 (−29) |
23 (−5) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −36 (−38) |
−38 (−39) |
−27 (−33) |
−8 (−22) |
18 (−8) |
39 (4) |
43 (6) |
36 (2) |
21 (−6) |
−6 (−21) |
−27 (−33) |
−35 (−37) |
−2 (−19) |
| Average rainfall inches (mm) | 0.22 (5.7) |
0.23 (5.9) |
0.36 (9.1) |
1.24 (31.4) |
2.8 (72) |
3.24 (82.4) |
4.09 (103.9) |
3.3 (83) |
2.15 (54.5) |
1.5 (37) |
0.51 (12.9) |
0.27 (6.9) |
19.91 (504.7) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 2.1 (5.3) |
2.2 (5.5) |
3.4 (8.7) |
11.5 (29.1) |
10.4 (26.3) |
0.4 (1) |
0 (0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
7.1 (18.1) |
14.2 (36.1) |
4.9 (12.5) |
2.6 (6.5) |
59.4 (150.6) |
| Average rainy days | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 139 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 257.6 | 229.5 | 235.7 | 228.3 | 259.4 | 332.2 | 332.6 | 331.6 | 293.4 | 267.8 | 242.2 | 255.5 | 3,265.8 |
| Source: worldweatheronline.com[8] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "64°59'05.6"N 143°16'03.6"E · Oymyakonsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia". Google Maps. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ a b c d "Поселок Предпорожный (Оймяконский улус (район)) - карта, подробное описание - СахаГИС". sakhagis.ru. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ "64°59'05.6"N 143°16'03.6"E · Oymyakonsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia". Google Maps. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Google Earth". earth.google.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Google Earth". earth.google.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ a b "посёлок ПРЕДПОРОЖНЫЙ". Центр социально-экономического и политического мониторига. July 26, 2000. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "Predporozhnyy Monthly Climate Averages". WorldWeatherOnline.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
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