Janrakynnot

Village Janrakynnot Янракыннот Federal district far East region Chukchi Autonomous Okrug Urban district Providenia First mention 1828 population 338 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 5  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 42735 Post Code 689271 License Plate 87 OKATO 77 220 000 006 Geographical location Coordinates 64 ° 55 '  N , 172 ° 30'  W Coordinates: 64 ° 54 '40 "  N , 172 ° 29' 45"  W

Situation in Russia

Location in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug

Janrakynnot ( Russian and Chukchi Янракынно́т ) is a village (selo) in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug ( Russia ) with 338 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Houses in Janrakynnot (2001)

The village is located about 475 km as the crow flies east of the administrative center of the Anadyr Autonomous Okrug in the eastern part of the Chukchi Peninsula on the coast of the Bering Sea , on the Senjawin Strait , a strait that is about 10 km wide and the mainland of the offshore island Arakameche separates. It is located on the right (western) side of the mouth of the Maritsch River (also Janrakynnotwaam ), which flows through the Keitschuyn lagoon immediately to the north , and at the northeast end of the Wenetken spit, which is about nine kilometers long .

Janrakynnot belongs to the Providenia district ; It is from the eponymous administrative seat, the settlement Prowidenija , 65 km to the northeast.

history

Janrakynnot was first mentioned in a document in 1828. The name stands in Chukchi for "single solid land" ( янра , janra "single (standing)"; кын , kyn "solid"; нот , not from нутэнут , nutenut "land, earth") and describes the location on a rocky hill in the middle of the surrounding marshland.

Until the formation of the city circle provideniya 2015 Janrakynnot was the seat and only town a rural community of the same name (selskoje posselenije) within the Rajons Prowidenski.

traffic

Janrakynnot is not connected to the Russian road network. During the ice-free time, the place can only be reached by water or by helicopter , otherwise also via a winter slope from Prowidenija, which partly runs over the frozen strait.

Web links

Commons : Janrakynnot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Janrakynnot on the City Council website (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Čislennostʹ naselenija gorodskich naselennych dotov, selʹskich naselennych dotov po Čukotskomu avtonomnomu okrugu. (Population of urban settlements, rural settlements in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug.) Download from the website of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation