- Pevek
Pevek ( _ru. Певек) is a town in
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ,Russia , situated by the coast of the Chaunskaya Inlet of theEast Siberian Sea . Pevek is the northernmost town in Russia. It is located beyond theArctic Circle . It was founded in 1933, and received a town status in 1967. The town is a large port at theNorthern Sea Route . Population: ru-census|p02=5206|p89=12915During the 1990s, after the breakup of the USSR, commercial navigation in the Arctic went into decline. More or less regular shipping is presently to be found only from
Murmansk toDudinka in the west and betweenVladivostok and Pevek in the east. Ports between Dudinka and Pevek see next to no shipping at all.The
Routan Islands lie off Pevek Bay very close to the coast.References
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Extreme points of Russia
*Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route External links
* [http://www.vostok.cc/FarEast/city/Pevek/Pevek.htm Pevek's city info] from Vostok Travel.
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