Varnek
Village on Vaygach Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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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
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Founded | first half of the 1930s |
| Population | |
• Total | 101 |
• Estimate (2010) | 101 (0%) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 166000 |
| Dialing code | +7 81857 |
| OKTMO ID | 11811479106 |
Geography
Varnek is located on the southern coast of Vaygach Island.
History
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
Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).