Varnek

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 Ва́рнек
Location of Varnek
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Coordinates: 69°42′55″N 60°3′36″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Founded	first half of the 1930s
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	101
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	166000
Dialing code(s)	+7 81857
OKTMO ID	11811479106

Geography

Varnek is located on the southern coast of Vaygach Island.

History

In 1921, zinc-lead ores were found in the area, so a mine was established where prisoners of the Gulag worked.^[4] 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.^[5]

Climate

Varnek has a subarctic climate (Dfc).