Dalny, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

This article is about the urban-type settlement in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. For the Chinese city called "Dalny" while under Russian control between 1898 and 1905, see Dalian.

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.

Dalny Дальний
Work settlement[1] (abolished)
Location of Dalny
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Coordinates: 67°34′39″N 160°46′21″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district	Bilibinsky District
Abolished	1998[2]
Population
• Estimate  (April 2012)[3]	0
Time zone	UTC+12 (MSK+9 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	689450
OKTMO ID	77609701917

History

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]

See also

• List of inhabited localities in Bilibinsky District

References

Notes

1. Law #33-OZ, Article 13.2
2. Постановление Правительства РФ от 2 февраля 1998 г. N 128 О мерах социальной защиты населения ликвидируемых поселков золотодобытчиков в Чукотском автономном округe (Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "Russian Federation Government resolution dated February 2, 1998 No. 128 on measures of social protection of the population of liquidating estates gold miners in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug).
3. Micon International, p.1
4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
6. "Dead Cities.ru – Dalny". Archived from the original on 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
7. Bema Gold Corporation, p.89
8. Лаборатория метеоритики Meteorites Laboratory, meteorites.ru
9. Map Q-57-58 Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine at Vlasenko.net
10. Dalny – Bilibinsky District at Pochtovik Mail Delivery Company
11. McKnight and Hess, pp.232–5
12. "Weather averages for Dalny". meoweather.com. Retrieved September 29, 2012.

Sources

• Bema Gold Corporation, Environmental Impact Assessment, Kupol Gold Project, Far East Russia June 2005.
• Дума Чукотского автономного округа. Закон №33-ОЗ от 30 июня 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа», в ред. Закона №55-ОЗ от 9 июня 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чукотского автономного округа "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чукотского автономного округа"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней со дня его официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости", №7 (28), 14 мая 1999 г. (Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Law #33-OZ of June 30, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, as amended by the Law #55-OZ of June 9, 2012 On Amending the Law of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug". Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication.). (in Russian)
• McKnight, Tom L; Hess, Darrel (2000). "Climate Zones and Types". Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-020263-0.
• Anonymous, Excerpt from report Audit review of the Klen Gold Deposit, Chukotka Autonomous Region, Russia. (2012), Micon International Co. Ltd.

External links

• Photo gallery of Dalny
• Short film of Dalny from the air Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Short film about the school in Dalny Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Short film of mining activities in Dalny Archived 2011-08-01 at the Wayback Machine