En Name: | Agayakan |
Ru Name: | Агаякан |
Coordinates: | 63.3347°N 141.6439°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Oymyakonsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Second Borogonsky Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Oymyakonsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Second Borogonsky Rural Settlement |
Pop Latest: | 0 |
Pop Latest Date: | 2002 |
Agayakan (Russian: Агаякан; Yakut: Агайакаан, Agayakaan) is an abandoned village, which used to be a rural locality (a selo). It was one of four settlements in Second Borogonsky Rural Okrug of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, in addition to Tomtor, the administrative center of the Rural Okrug, Aeroport and Kuydusun. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 0.[2]
Agayakan is located 660km (410miles) from Ust-Nera, the administrative center of the district and 90km (60miles) from Tomtor.The deserted village is located close to the confluence of the Agayakan and Suntar rivers, which form the Kyuyente, a tributary of the Indigirka.[3] [4] The minimum temperature of -57.0 °C (-70.6 °F)[5] was recorded on December 5, 2023, in Agayakan.