Amderma
Encyclopedia
Amderma is an urban-type settlement
in Nenets Autonomous Okrug
, Russia
, located 490 km from Naryan-Mar
on the coast of Kara Sea
. It was established in 1933. Population: 650 (2002 Census
); 5,100 (1989 Census
); 2,900 (1968 est.). Fluorite
deposits are located in the vicinity of Amderma, but the mines have been abandoned since 1990shttp://www.dvinainform.ru/news/2004/08/31/13003.shtml. It is home to Amderma Airport
, a civil airport and military base.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
in Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Nenets Autonomous Okrug is a federal subject of Russia .It has an area of 176,700 km2 and population of 42,628 as of the preliminary results of the 2010 Census , 21,296 of whom live in Naryan-Mar, the administrative center.-Geography and ecology:The arctic ecology of this...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located 490 km from Naryan-Mar
Naryan-Mar
Naryan-Mar is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the right bank of the Pechora River, upstream from the river's mouth, on the Barents Sea. Naryan-Mar lies north of the Arctic Circle, south of Andeg and east of...
on the coast of Kara Sea
Kara Sea
The Kara Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. It is separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya....
. It was established in 1933. Population: 650 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); 5,100 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)
The 1989 Soviet census, conducted between January 12-19 of that year, was the last one conducted in the former USSR. It resulted in a total population of 286,730,819 inhabitants...
); 2,900 (1968 est.). Fluorite
Fluorite
Fluorite is a halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It is an isometric mineral with a cubic habit, though octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon...
deposits are located in the vicinity of Amderma, but the mines have been abandoned since 1990shttp://www.dvinainform.ru/news/2004/08/31/13003.shtml. It is home to Amderma Airport
Amderma Airport
Amderma Airport is a former interceptor base in Arctic Russia, near Novaya Zemlya, located 4 km west of Amderma . It is a simple airfield built on a spit along the ocean, with some tarmac space...
, a civil airport and military base.