En Name: | Kalvitsa |
Ru Name: | Кальвица |
Coordinates: | 63.9383°N 127.0203°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Kobyaysky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Kuokuysky Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Kobyaysky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Kuokuysky Rural Settlement |
Pop 2002Census: | 177 |
Kalvitsa (Russian: Кальвица) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kuokuysky Rural Okrug of Kobyaysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, .[2] Its population as of the 2002 Census was 177.
The village is named after the Finnish-born Soviet aviator and polar explorer Otto Kalvitsa.
Kalvitsa is located in the Central Yakutian Lowland, central Yakutia, on the left bank of the Tyugyuene river, at a distance of 22km (14miles) —in a straight line— from Sangar, the administrative center of the district, and 30km (20miles) from Argas, the administrative center of the rural okrug.[3]