Tommot
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Tommot is a town in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia
, located on the Aldan River
(a right-hand tributary
of the Lena
) 390 kilometres (242.3 mi) southwest of Yakutsk
and 70 kilometres (43.5 mi) southwest of Aldan
. Population:
cross the Aldan at this point.
. Tommot was granted town status in 1925.
The name is derived from a Yakut word meaning non-freezing.
Mining of mica
deposits began in 1942, after they were discovered by a hunter in a stream near the town.
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 on the Aldan River
Aldan River
The Aldan River is the second-longest tributary of the Lena River in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia. The river is 2,273 km long, of which around 1,600 km is navigable. It was part of the River Route to Okhotsk...
(a right-hand tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Lena
Lena River
The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean . It is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed...
) 390 kilometres (242.3 mi) southwest of Yakutsk
Yakutsk
With a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast...
and 70 kilometres (43.5 mi) southwest of Aldan
Aldan, Russia
Aldan is a gold-mining town and the administrative center of Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Population: -Geography:Aldan is situated in the Aldan highlands, about south of the republic's capital of Yakutsk in the Aldan River basin, on the stream Orto-Sala near its mouth in the...
. Population:
Geography
The town is currently the terminus of the passenger trains of the Yakutian Railway, which will eventually reach Yakutsk around 2013. Both the railway and the Lena HighwayLena Highway
M56 Lena Highway or The Amur-Yakutsk Highway – a federal highway in the Sakha Republic , Russia, connecting Yakutsk with the Trans-Siberian Railway corridor near Skovorodino. It runs parallel to the incomplete Amur Yakutsk Mainline railway. It takes its name from the Lena River, which runs more...
cross the Aldan at this point.
History
It was founded in 1923 with the construction of a river port on the Aldan for supplies to the Nezametny gold mine in the present-day town of Aldan. It was formerly the head of navigation of the Aldan RiverAldan River
The Aldan River is the second-longest tributary of the Lena River in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia. The river is 2,273 km long, of which around 1,600 km is navigable. It was part of the River Route to Okhotsk...
. Tommot was granted town status in 1925.
The name is derived from a Yakut word meaning non-freezing.
Mining of mica
Mica
The mica group of sheet silicate minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage. All are monoclinic, with a tendency towards pseudohexagonal crystals, and are similar in chemical composition...
deposits began in 1942, after they were discovered by a hunter in a stream near the town.