Verkhoyansk - Wikipedia
WEBVerkhoyansk (Russian: Верхоянск, IPA: [vʲɪrxɐˈjansk]; Yakut: Верхоянскай, Verhoyanskay) is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, 92 kilometers (57 mi) from Batagay, the administrative center of the district, and 675 kilometers (419 mi) north of ...
Verkhoyansk | Location & Climate | Britannica
WEBVerkhoyansk, town, Sakha (Yakutiya), far northeastern Russia, on the Yana River near its confluence with the Sartang. Founded as a fort in 1638 and today a minor centre of tin and gold mining, Verkhoyansk is noted chiefly for its exceptionally low winter temperatures, with a January average of −56 °F (−49 °C).
Verkhoyansk Range - Wikipedia
WEBThe Verkhoyansk Range (Russian: Верхоянский хребет, Verhojanskiy Hrebet; Yakut: Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, Üöhee Caaŋı sis xayata) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains.
Verkhoyansk: This Russian Town Is So Cold, It'll Make You Hate
WEBApr 18, 2019 · Verkhoyansk in Russia is the coldest place on Earth, and holds the Guinness World Record for greatest temperature range from minus 69-degree to 38-degree. Imagine being in a place where you’ll probably have to boil ice to drink water; a place where 15-minutes out in the open could probably freeze you to death.
Oymyakon - Wikipedia
WEBWith an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfd), Oymyakon is known as one of the places considered the Northern Pole of Cold, the other being the town of Verkhoyansk, located 629 km (391 mi) away by air. The weather station is in a valley between Oymyakon and Tomtor.
Verkhoyansk | Encyclopedia.com
WEBVerkhoyansk (vyĕrkhəyänsk´), town, Sakha Republic, NE Siberian Russia, on the Yana River, near the Arctic Circle. A river port, a fur-collecting depot, and the center of a reindeer-raising area, it lies in the coldest area of the earth outside Antarctica. The lowest temperature recorded there was -90°F (-68°C).
Verkhoyansk: Siberia’s Pole of Cold | Amusing Planet
WEBFeb 9, 2017 · Verkhoyansk: Siberia’s Pole of Cold. Kaushik Patowary Feb 9, 2017 1 comments. In the remote Yakutia region of Siberia, more than a hundred kilometers inside the Arctic Circle, lies the small town of Verkhoyansk. Winter temperature here regularly drops to minus fifty degree Celsius.
Verkhoyansk | The coldest city in the world | Russia. Sakha …
WEBMar 15, 2021 · Verkhoyansk holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle, with 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), and it also holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded...
A Siberian town hit 100 degrees, a new record for the Arctic Circle ...
WEBBy Carolyn Gramling. June 23, 2020 at 2:02 pm. The remote Siberian town of Verkhoyansk is known for its extreme cold: Winter temperatures often dip below –50° Celsius. But on June 20 ...
Verkhoyansk Mountains | Siberia, Arctic Circle, Permafrost
WEBVerkhoyansk Mountains, mountains of Sakha (Yakutiya), far northeastern Russia, extending for 700 miles (1,100 km)—in a huge arc parallel to and east of the lower Lena River—to the Laptev Sea. The range represents a major anticlinal structure, created in a period of folding. Its height generally.
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