En Name: | Snezhnogorsk |
Ru Name: | Снежногорск |
Coordinates: | 69.2°N 47°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Snezhnogorsk (Murmansk oblast) (1992).png |
Federal Subject: | Murmansk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2013 |
Adm City Jur: | closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2013 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Alexandrovsk Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 12683 |
Established Date: | 1970 |
Current Cat Date: | 1980 |
Prev Name1: | Murmansk-60 |
Prev Name2: | Vyuzhny |
Postal Codes: | 184682, 184683 |
Dialing Codes: | 81530 |
Date: | May 2010 |
Snezhnogorsk (Russian: Снежного́рск) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population:
It was founded in 1970 and was granted town status in 1980. It was previously known as Murmansk-60 and Vyuzhny.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Snezhnogorsk is subordinated to the closed administrative-territorial formation of Alexandrovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] Within the framework of municipal divisions, the town of Snezhnogorsk is a part of Alexandrovsk Urban Okrug.[2]
The town's main employer is the Nerpa shipyard, which services and repairs the nuclear submarines of the Russian Northern Fleet.