| Official Name: | Blizhnyaya Kardanka |
| Native Name: | Ближняя Карданка |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vologda Oblast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vytegorsky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
| Coordinates: | 60.9167°N 70°W[1] |
Blizhnyaya Kardanka (Russian: Ближняя Карданка) is a rural locality (a village) in Ankhimovskoye Rural Settlement, Vytegorsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 2 as of 2002.[2]
Blizhnyaya Kardanka is located 13 km southeast of Vytegra (the district's administrative centre) by road. Belousovo is the nearest rural locality.[3]