Dalny, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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Dalny
Дальний | |
|---|---|
Work settlement[1] (abolished) | |
Location of Dalny  | |
  Dalny Location of Dalny  Dalny Dalny (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) | |
| Coordinates: 67°34′39″N 160°46′21″E / 67.57750°N 160.77250°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Administrative district | Bilibinsky District |
| Abolished | 1998[2] |
| Population | |
| 0 | |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 689450 |
| OKTMO ID | 77609701917 |
Dalny (Russian: Да́льний, lit. remote or far) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located west of Bilibino.
The settlement was abandoned as a result of the extraction of gold no longer being economically viable.[6] The mines were declared unprofitable and that there was no possibility of developing any other form of economy in 1999 and the settlement was closed along with a number of others in Chukotka.[2] The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements including Dalny from Chukotka to other parts of Russia.[2] The Ministry of railways was obliged to lease containers for the transportation of the migrants' goods to the Chukotkan administration and ensure that they were delivered to the various settlements.[2] Despite the mines closing, the Kupol Gold Project environmental impact assessment, still recorded three people remaining in the settlement as of 2005.[7] However, as of 2008 is in the process of being officially liquidated,[1] and a report on the Klen gold deposit for Highland Gold Mining Ltd reported the settlement as being deserted.[3]
In 1981, one of the world's largest iron meteorites, named "Bilibino", was discovered near the settlement.[8]
Transport
Dalny is not connected to any other inhabited location by permanent road except the now abandoned settlement of Devichiy.[9] However, there is a small network of roads within the settlement including:[10]
- Улица Горняков (Ulitsa Gornyakov, lit. Miners' Street)
- Улица Зеленая (Ulitsa Zelenaya, lit. Green Street)
- Улица Набережная (Ulitsa Naberezhnaya, lit. Quay Street)
- Улица Речной (Ulitsa Rechnoi, lit. River Street)
- Улица Тополевая (Ulitsa Topolevaya, lit. Emperor Street)
- Улица Транспортная (Ulitsa Transportnaya, lit. Transport Street)
- Улица Центральная (Ulitsa Tsentralnaya, lit. Central Street)
Climate
Dalny has a Continental Subarctic or Boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc).[11]
| Climate data for Dalny | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
−1 (30) |
8.2 (46.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34 (93) |
30.4 (86.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
14 (57) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
4 (39) |
32.6 (90.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −31.2 (−24.2) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−30.2 (−22.4) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −36.8 (−34.2) |
−36 (−33) |
−32.1 (−25.8) |
−21.2 (−6.2) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−30.3 (−22.5) |
−35.4 (−31.7) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −54.4 (−65.9) |
−53 (−63) |
−48.9 (−56.0) |
−40.2 (−40.4) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−7 (19) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−35 (−31) |
−49.4 (−56.9) |
−52.4 (−62.3) |
−54.4 (−65.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 18 (0.7) |
18 (0.7) |
6 (0.2) |
9 (0.4) |
9 (0.4) |
33 (1.3) |
54 (2.1) |
39 (1.5) |
21 (0.8) |
15 (0.6) |
18 (0.7) |
15 (0.6) |
246 (9.7) |
| Average snowy days | 31 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 176 |
| Source: [12] | |||||||||||||