En Name: | Olenyok |
Ru Name: | Оленёк |
Loc Name1: | Өлөөн |
Loc Lang1: | Sakha |
Coordinates: | 68.5°N 140°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Adm District Jur: | Olenyoksky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Olenyoksky Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Olenyoksky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Olenyoksky Rural Okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Olenyoksky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Olenyoksky Rural Settlement |
Rural Settlement Jur Ref: | [2] |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Olenyoksky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Olenyoksky Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 2273 |
Postal Codes: | 678480, 678489 |
Olenyok (Russian: Оленёк; Yakut: Өлөөн, Ölöön) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Olenyoksky District in the Sakha Republic,[3] Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. Population:
The village is located by the Olenyok River, a few miles downstream from the confluence of the Arga-Sala, its largest tributary.[4]
Olenyok is served by the Olenyok Airport .[5]
Olenyok has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are extremely cold with average temperatures from -39.8to in January, while summers are mild with average temperatures from 10.3to. A temperature of was recorded in January 1959. Precipitation is quite low, but is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year. Temperatures in summer sometimes reach and the record high is, recorded in July 1936.