Snezhnogorsk (russian: Снежногорск) is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) under the administrative jurisdiction of
Tsentralny City District of the
krai city of
Norilsk
Norilsk ( rus, Нори́льск, p=nɐˈrʲilʲsk, ''Norílʹsk'') is a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norilsk ...
in
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Si ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
.
History
Snezhnogorsk was founded in 1963 as a settlement for the workers building the
Ust-Khantaika hydroelectric plant.
Snezhnogorsk got its name during construction, when the first house built was covered with snow up to the roof.
The status of an urban-type settlement has been granted in 1964.
The city-forming enterprise is
Ust-Khantai Hydroelectric Power Station with a capacity of 451 MW.
Transportation
Snezhnogorsk is a remote settlement with no ground transport available to reach it.
The settlement is connected by air with Norilsk and
Igarka
Igarka (russian: Ига́рка) is a town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. Igarka is a monotown established around a sawmill which processed timber logged in the basin of the Yenisei Riv ...
. In 2006, the airport located in the village was disbanded and the terminal building was burned down. Aircraft communication between Snezhnogorsk and Norilsk thence ceased to exist.
Helicopter flights are operated weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays by the airline
Norilsk Avia JSC on the route Norilsk - Snezhnogorsk - Norilsk. From October 1, 2007, 2 times a month, the company operates Turukhanavia
helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attribu ...
flights on the route Igarka - Snezhnogorsk - Igarka.
Population history
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Urban-type settlements in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Road-inaccessible communities of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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