Ust-Shchuger

Coordinates: 64°15′N 57°45′E / 64.250°N 57.750°E / 64.250; 57.750

Ust-Shchuger (Russian: Усть-Щугер), formerly known as Ust-Shchugor (Усть-Щугор),[1] is a rural locality (a village) in the Komi Republic, Russia,[2] located at an elevation of 85 meters (279 ft)[3] near the confluence of the Pechora and Shchuger Rivers. The Shchugor River was once a minor route into Siberia. From its headwaters one could cross the Ural Mountains to reach the Severnaya Sosva River thereby allowing travel from the Pechora River to the Ob River.

Climate

It holds the European low temperature record of −58.1 °C (−72.6 °F), recorded on December 31, 1978.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Коми АССР. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 июля 1968 года". Коми книжное издательство, 1968. Стр. 77.
  2. ↑ Law #13-RZ, Article 27.3.3
  3. 1 2 "Europe: Lowest Temperature". Arizona State University. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010.

Sources

  • Государственный Совет Республики Коми. Закон №13-РЗ от 6 марта 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Коми», в ред. Закона №171-РЗ от 26 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении населённого пункта Верхняя Седка, расположенного на территории Прилузского района Республики Коми, и внесении в связи с этим изменений в некоторые Законы Республики Коми». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №44, 16 марта 2006 г. (State Council of the Komi Republic. Law #16-RZ of March 6, 2006 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Komi Republic, as amended by the Law #171-RZ of December 26, 2014 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality of Verkhnyaya Sedka Located on the Territory of Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic, and on Amending Various Laws of the Komi Republic Accordingly. Effective as of the official publication date.).
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