Surf Wiki
Save to docs
geography

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Tiksi

FieldValue
en_nameTiksi
ru_nameТикси
loc_name1Тиксии
loc_lang1Yakut
image_skylineTiksi.jpg
image_captionView of Tiksi
coordinates
map_label_positionleft
federal_subjectSakha Republic
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jurBulunsky District
adm_district_jur_ref
adm_selsoviet_jurSettlement of Tiksi
adm_selsoviet_typeSettlement
adm_selsoviet_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of1Bulunsky District
adm_ctr_of1_ref
adm_ctr_of2Settlement of Tiksi
adm_ctr_of2_ref
inhabloc_catUrban-type settlement
inhabloc_cat_ref
mun_district_jurBulunsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jurTiksi Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1Bulunsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2Tiksi Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census5063
pop_2010census_ref
pop_latest4556
pop_latest_dateJanuary 2016
pop_latest_ref
current_cat_date1939
current_cat_date_ref
postal_codes678400, 678403, 678409
dialing_codes41167

Tiksi (Ти́кси; , Tiksii – lit. a moorage place) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the shore of the Buor-Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea, southeast of the delta of the Lena River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,063.

History

In August 1901, Russian Arctic ship Zarya headed across the Laptev Sea, searching for the legendary Sannikov Land but was soon blocked by floating drift 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 traveling away from Bennett Island towards the south on loose ice floes. Zarya was finally moored close to Brusneva Island in the Tiksi Bay, never to leave the place again. The remaining members of the expedition returned to Saint Petersburg, while Captain Fyodor Matisen went to Yakutsk.

Modern Tiksi was founded in 1933; urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1939. During the Cold War, Tiksi saw military construction projects at Tiksi North and Tiksi West airfields. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tiksi's population has declined markedly and many of its apartment blocks have been abandoned. Despite its rapid population decline, it remains the world's most northerly settlement with a population of over 4,000.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Tiksi serves as the administrative center of Bulunsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Bulunsky District as the Settlement of Tiksi. As a municipal division, the Settlement of Tiksi is incorporated within Bulunsky Municipal District as Tiksi Urban Settlement.

Economy

Transportation

Tiksi serves as one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea. It is served by the Tiksi Airport, which was shut down by the Defense Ministry on October 1, 2012 except for helicopters. Tiksi was connected only by helicopter flights and winter roads. The closure was harshly criticized by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Following an agreement between the Defense Ministry and the Government of the Sakha Republic in April 2013, the airfield re-opened to passenger traffic in June 2013. In December 2013, President Vladimir Putin announced that the Tiksi airport would be "rehabilitated" along with others beyond the Arctic Circle.

Since June 2023, the port of Tiksi has been opened to foreign ships.

The Lena River is navigable in the summer months. There is infrequent passenger navigation from Yakutsk.

Climate

Tiksi has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Winter averages and extremes are less severe than the subarctic region further south, but the winter length is longer courtesy of the higher latitude. The very short summers are generally cooler than inland regions (although in 1991 a temperature as high as +34 C was reported) and see rainfall on most days. The polar night lasts from November 19 to January 24, and the period with continuous daylight, the midnight sun, lasts a bit longer, from May 11 to August 3.

The growing season in Tiksi lasts for 74 days usually from around June 23 to September 5.

|Jan record high C = -7.6 |Feb record high C = -5.2 |Mar record high C = 1.6 |Apr record high C = 9.6 |May record high C = 23.6 |Jun record high C = 32.8 |Jul record high C = 34.3 |Aug record high C = 29.8 |Sep record high C = 23.0 |Oct record high C = 6.1 |Nov record high C = -1.2 |Dec record high C = -4.9 |year record high C = 34.3 |Jan record low C = -48.0 |Feb record low C = -50.5 |Mar record low C = -47.2 |Apr record low C = -46.9 |May record low C = -32.2 |Jun record low C = -15.8 |Jul record low C = -4.0 |Aug record low C = -4.0 |Sep record low C = -18.2 |Oct record low C = -35.0 |Nov record low C = -43.9 |Dec record low C = -48.8 |year record low C = -50.5

Coastal temperature data for TiksiMonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYearAverage sea temperature °C (°F)Source:
-42}}"-1.8
(28.76)-42}}"-1.8
(28.76)-42}}"-1.8
(28.76)-42}}"-1.8
(28.76)-42}}"-1.5
(29.3)-38.8}}".4
(32.72)-28.3}}"3.9
(39.02)-17.2}}"7.6
(45.68)-25.6}}"4.8
(40.64)-37.9}}"0.7
(30.74)-42}}"-1.7
(28.94)-42}}"-1.8
(28.76)-30.49}}"0.317
(32.57)

References

Notes

Sources

  • Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Bulunsky District .

References

  1. Law #172-Z #351-III
  2. Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Territorial Branch of the [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Federal State Statistics Service]]. [http://sakha.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/sakha/resources/92049f804c5c75979146937dff7d05ed/d2_032016.xls Численность населения по районам республики на 1 января 2016 года] {{Webarchive. link. (September 29, 2018 ''Population of the districts of the republic on January 1, 2016'' {{in lang). ru
  3. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  4. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
  5. According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Tiksi is the administrative center of the Settlement of Tiksi.
  6. Law #173-Z #353-III
  7. (October 3, 2012). [[Gazeta.Ru. Газета.ru]]. link
  8. (December 11, 2013). "Putin orders Arctic military boost". [[BBC News]].
  9. (2023-06-05). "Arctic Port of Tiksi Opens to Foreign Vessels To Spur Investments along NSR". High North News.
  10. "Average Weather in Tiksi, Russia, Year Round - Weather Spark".
  11. [http://pogoda.ru.net/climate/21824.htm Погода в Тикси]
  12. "Tiksi, Russia Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)".
  13. "Температура воды в Тикси сейчас. Средняя температура воды в море по месяцам. Ежедневные показатели за 2020-2021 год".
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

urban-type-settlements-in-the-sakha-republic port-cities-and-towns-in-russia laptev-sea populated-places-of-arctic-russia road-inaccessible-communities-of-the-sakha-republic
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Tiksi — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report