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]

See also

• List of inhabited localities in Bilibinsky District

References

Notes

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
• Short film about the school in Dalny
• Short film of mining activities in Dalny

На других языках

[ru] Дальний (Чукотский автономный округ)