Verkhoi︠a︡nsk (Russia)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
ורחויאנסק (רוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Verkhoi︠a︡nsk (Russia)
Other forms of name
nne Verkhoi︠a︡nsk (R.S.F.S.R.)
Coordinates
133.3833333 133.3833333 67.55 67.55 (gooearth )
E1332306 E1332306 N0673241 N0673241 (geonames )
Associated country
Russia (Federation)
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Gorod Verkhoi︠a︡nsk, 1988.
- Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡., 3d ed.:v. 4, p. 567 (Verkhoi︠a︡nsk, city in I︠A︡kutskai︠a︡ ASSR)
Wikipedia description:
Verkhoyansk (Russian: Верхоянск, IPA: [vʲɪrxɐˈjansk]; Yakut: Верхоянскай, romanized: Verxoyanskay) is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, 92 kilometers (57 mi) from Batagay, the administrative center of the district, and 675 kilometers (419 mi) north of Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,311. Verkhoyansk holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle, with 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), and it also holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in Asia, −67.8 °C (−90.0 °F). The cold record is shared with Oymyakon.
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