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Village on Vaygach Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Coordinates: 69°42′55″N 60°3′36″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 |
Varnek is located on the southern coast of Vaygach Island.
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]
Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).
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