| En Name: | Atka | ||||||
| Ru Name: | Атка | ||||||
| Map Label Position: | right | ||||||
| Federal Subject: | Magadan Oblast | ||||||
| Adm District Jur: | Khasynsky District | ||||||
| Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement | ||||||
| Pop 2010Census: | 485 | ||||||
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Atka (Russian: Атка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasynsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Kolyma Highway, 199km (124miles) by road north of the oblast's administrative center Magadan. Population:
The sources of the Yama are near Atka and the Maltan river flows northwards to the west of the town. The Maymandzhin Range rises above the northern and eastern sides.[1] Atka is on the same longitude as the Sydney, Australia, both lying on the 151st meridian.
It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1953.
Atka has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), with cool, humid summers and severe to extreme winters.
