Varnek

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Varnek
Varnek (Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
Coordinates: 69°42′55″N60°3′36″E / 69.71528°N 60.06000°E / 69.71528; 60.06000
Country Russia
Federal subject Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Foundedfirst half of the 1930s
Population
  Total101
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg [2] )
Postal code(s) [3]
166000
Dialing code(s) +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.

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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. [4] 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. [5]

Climate

Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).

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