Khodovarikha

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Khodovarikha
Ходовариха

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Location of Khodovarikha in the Barents Sea shore
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Location Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast,
Russian Federation
Coordinates 68°56′28″N53°46′08″E / 68.941°N 53.769°E / 68.941; 53.769 Coordinates: 68°56′28″N53°46′08″E / 68.941°N 53.769°E / 68.941; 53.769
Offshore water bodies Pechora Sea
Area Arctic

Khodovarikha (Russian : Ходовариха) is a point in the coast of the Pechora Sea located on a landspit projecting eastwards over the bay. Latitude: 68° 57' Longitude: 53° 45' [1] [2]

Russian language East Slavic language

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Pechora Sea A marginal sea at the northwest of Russia, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea

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Khodovarikha belongs to the Nenets Autonomous Okrug administrative region, which is an autonomous okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Nenets Autonomous Okrug First-level administrative division of Russia

Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Naryan-Mar. It has an area of 176,700 square kilometers (68,200 sq mi) and a population of 42,090 as of the 2010 Census.

Okrug is an administrative division of some Slavic states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region".

Arkhangelsk Oblast First-level administrative division of Russia

Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea. Arkhangelsk Oblast also has administrative jurisdiction over Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Including Nenetsia, Arkhangelsk Oblast has an area of 587,400 km2. Its population was 1,227,626 as of the 2010 Census.

History

There is a lighthouse at Khodovarikha that used to be an important beacon for the Russian convoy route coming from the Yugorsky Strait in World War II. It was shelled in 1942 by the Kriegsmarine during Operation Wunderland. The lighthouse ceased operation in 1996.

Yugorsky Strait strait

The Yugorsky Strait or Yugor Strait is a narrow sound between the Kara Sea and the Pechora Sea. Its maximum width is 10 km and its minimum width only 3 km.

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There was a small populated place close by that has been abandoned. However, there is still a functioning weather station in Khodovarikha. [3]

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Khodovarikha was the subject of a 2015 RT documentary Arctic Limbo, chronicling the isolation of the weather station staff.

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References

  1. ↑ Location
  2. ↑ "Khodovarikha". Mapcarta. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Simon Bowcock (October 26, 2015). "Slava of the Arctic: the world's most extreme weatherman". The Guardian. Retrieved October 26, 2015.


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