Varnek

Varnek
Ва́рнек
Interactive map of Varnek
Varnek is located in Russia
Varnek
Varnek
Location of Varnek
Varnek is located in Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Varnek
Varnek
Varnek (Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNenets Autonomous Okrug
Foundedfirst half of the 1930s
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
101
 • Estimate 
(2021)
79 (−21.8%)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
166000
Dialing code+7 81857
OKTMO ID11811479106

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.

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. 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.

Climate

Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ↑ "Варнек. Ржавые бочки, боевые лебеди и пулемет Эйхманса". 19 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "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.