Dikson (urban-type settlement)

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Coordinates: 73°30′28″N, 080°32′47″E

The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the settlements of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk
The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the settlements of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk

Dikson (Russian: Диксон) is a closed urban-type settlement in Krasnoyarsk Krai. Population: 883 (2005 est.); 1,198 (2002 Census); 4,449 (1989 Census).

Dikson is northermost port in Russia, and one of northermost settlements in the world. It is also one of the most isolated settlements in the world.

Dikson's inhabitants informally call their settlement an "Arctic's Capital"; a name taken from a popular Soviet song.

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