Ust-Nera is an urban locality (a settlement

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...

) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia

Russia

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, located at the confluence

Confluence

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 of the Nera

Nera River (Russia)

Nera River is a river in Sakha Republic, Russia, and is a right tributary of the Indigirka River. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Nera freezes up in October and remains icebound until May - early June...

 and the Indigirka River

Indigirka River

The Indigirka River is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana River and the Kolyma River. It is in length. The area of its basin is 360,000 km²...

s. Population:

Gold mining is the main occupation in the settlement. The Kolyma Highway was extended northwest to Ust-Nera in 1937. There is an airport and a small museum. River traffic on the Indigirka is limited by the rapids 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) downstream.