Place in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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.
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]
|
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