| En Name: | Varnek |
| Ru Name: | Ва́рнек |
| Federal Subject: | Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Pop 2010Census: | 101 |
| Pop Density: | --> |
| Established Date: | first half of the 1930s |
| Postal Codes: | 166000 |
| Dialing Codes: | 81857 |
Varnek is a village on Vaygach Island of Zapolyarny District, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It had a population of 101 as of 2010, an increase from its population of 94 in 2002.
Varnek is located on the southern coast of Vaygach Island.
In 1921, zinc-lead ores were found in the area, so a mine was established where prisoners of the Gulag worked.[1] The settlement was established in the first half of the 1930s, named after Alexander Ivanovich Varnek, a Russian explorer of the Arctic. Varnek was the last village in Nenets Autonomous Okrug to be able to get phone calls, being introduced in 2011.[2]
Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).