Tiksi

Tiksi (English) Тикси (Russian)
-  Inhabited locality  -
Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Tiksi
Coordinates: 71°38′N 128°52′E / 71.633°N 128.867°E / 71.633; 128.867Coordinates: 71°38′N 128°52′E / 71.633°N 128.867°E / 71.633; 128.867
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic
Statistics
Population (2002 Census)	5,873 inhabitants[1]
Founded	1933[citation needed]
Dialing code(s)	+7 41167[citation needed]

Tiksi (Russian: Тикси) is a port settlement in Bulunsky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea. It is served by Tiksi Airport, and saw other military construction projects during the Cold War at Tiksi North and Tiksi West airfields.

Population: 5,100 (2004 est.)^{[citation needed]}; 5,873 (2002 Census); 11,649 (1989 Census).

History

Tiksi, on the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean

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.

Tiksi

Climate

Climate data for Tiksi
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)	{{{year high F}}} (−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)	{{{year low F}}} (−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
Source: [2]

References

1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
2. ^ World Climate Guide

• William Barr, Baron Eduard von Toll's Last Expedition: The Russian Polar Expedition, 1900–1903

External links

Media related to Tiksi at Wikimedia Commons