| Tiksi (English) Тикси (Russian) |
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Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia |
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Tiksi
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
| Statistics | |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
5,055 inhabitants[1] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 5,873 inhabitants[2] |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 41167 |
Tiksi (Russian: Тикси) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Bulunsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. Population: 5,055 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 5,873 (2002 Census);[2] 11,649 (1989 Census).[3]
It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea. It is served by the Tiksi Airport and saw other military construction projects during the Cold War at Tiksi North and Tiksi West airfields.
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In August 1901, Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land (Zemlya Sannikova) but was soon blocked by floating pack ice in the New Siberian Islands. During 1902 the attempts to reach Sannikov Land continued while Zarya was trapped in fast ice. Leaving the ship, Russian Arctic explorer Baron Eduard Toll and three companions vanished forever in November 1902 while travelling away from Bennett Island towards the south on loose ice floes.
Zarya was finally moored close to Brusneva Island in the Bay of Tiksi (Bukhta Tiksi), never to leave the place again. The remaining members of the expedition returned to Saint Petersburg, while Captain Matisen went to Yakutsk.
The name Tiksi means "a moorage place" in Sakha language.
| Climate data for Tiksi | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | −36 (−38) |
−29 (−34) |
−6 (−21) |
16 (−9) |
37 (3) |
57 (14) |
64 (18) |
57 (14) |
41 (5) |
14 (−10) |
−20 (−29) |
−29 (−34) |
14 (−10) |
| Average low °F (°C) | −47 (−44) |
−42 (−41) |
−31 (−35) |
−11 (−24) |
18 (−8) |
37 (3) |
41 (5) |
36 (2) |
27 (−3) |
0 (−18) |
−31 (−35) |
−42 (−41) |
−4 (−20) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 0.59 (15) |
0.39 (10) |
0.39 (10) |
0.35 (9) |
0.39 (10) |
1.22 (31) |
1.77 (45) |
1.81 (46) |
1.14 (29) |
0.51 (13) |
0.31 (8) |
0.63 (16) |
9.53 (242) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 148 |
| Sunshine hours | 0 | 56.5 | 186 | 300 | 310 | 300 | 341 | 217 | 90 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1,762.5 |
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