Varnek is a village on Vaygach Island of Zapolyarny District, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It had a population of 101 as of 2010, an increase from its population of 94 in 2002.
Varnek
Ва́рнек | |
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Location of Varnek  | |
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| Coordinates: 69°42′55″N 60°3′36″E / 69.71528°N 60.06000°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Founded | first half of the 1930s |
| Population | |
| • Total | 101 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 166000 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81857 |
| OKTMO ID | 11811479106 |
Geography edit
Varnek is located on the southern coast of Vaygach Island.
History edit
In 1921, zinc-lead ores were found in the area, so a mine was established where prisoners of the Gulag worked.[4] The settlement was established in the first half of the 1930s, named after Alexander Ivanovich Varnek, a Russian explorer of the Arctic. Varnek was the last village in Nenets Autonomous Okrug to be able to get phone calls, being introduced in 2011.[5]
Climate edit
Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).
References edit
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ "Варнек. Ржавые бочки, боевые лебеди и пулемет Эйхманса". 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Арктика, полюс, северный, южный, вездеход, антарктида, путешествие экспедиционный центр". www.ec-arctic.ru. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2022.