Khatanga, Russia
{{Other uses|Khatanga (disambiguation)}}
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Khatanga ({{langx|ru|Ха́танга}}) is a rural locality (a selo) in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Khatanga River on the Taymyr Peninsula. It is one of the northernmost inhabited localities in Russia. Its elevation is {{convert|30|m}} above sea level. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 3,450.{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}
The name Khatanga means "large water" in the local Evenki language. The locality is known to have existed since the 17th century. It is served by the Khatanga Airport.
Khatanga is relatively close to the Popigai impact structure, an asteroid impact structure and geological formation located in northern Siberia. The crater has been noted since September 2012 as a potential source of a significant new global supply of industrial diamonds.
Economy
= Tourism =
Khatanga is sometimes visited by Western sightseers touring the surrounding natural wilderness in Siberia. It has a hotel, a natural history museum, and weather reporting stations.
In 2019, mayor Yevgeny Vershinin announced plans to develop the locality to act as a hub for travelers on their way to the North Pole, hoping to compete with Longyearbyen, a Norwegian town on the island of Svalbard, for Arctic tourists. The locality has been used as a pit stop for northern expeditions in the past, with helicopters coming from Krasnoyarsk occasionally stopping there on their way to the North Pole.{{Cite news|last=Staalesen|first=Atle|date=23 July 2019|title=Russian Arctic town explores new way to North Pole|work=The Barents Observer|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic-travel/2019/07/russian-arctic-town-explores-new-way-north-pole|access-date=15 February 2022}}
The Khatanga airport is one of the largest and most operable in the Russian Arctic, with the main runway receiving renovations in 2009. However, the rest of the airport, especially the terminal, was found to be in extremely poor condition in 2019.
= Port =
The locality is home to the ZAO Sea Commercial Port of Khatanga which accepts various Arctic cargo shipments. While the port only operates from June until September, it has five mooring berths capable of admitting vessels with draughts up to {{Convert|4.6|m|ft}}. Two of the berths service the port fleet, two receive general cargo, and one is reserved for oil products. Goods such as refrigerated cargo, timber, and bulk shipments of coal, sand, gravel, and oil are processed at the port.{{Cite web|title=Russian Arctic Ports: Khatanga|url=http://www.arctis-search.com/Khatanga|access-date=15 February 2022|website=ARCTIS}}{{clear}}
Climate
{{Historical populations|5=1939|6=1037|7=1959|8=1979|9=1970|10=3833|11=1979|12=4868|13=1989|14=6385|15=2002|16=3450|17=2010|18=2645|type=|align=right|footnote=Source: Census data}}
Khatanga has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc).
Winters in Khatanga are bitterly cold, although not as extremely frosty as more southern inner Siberia, due to the slight moderating influence of the Arctic Ocean.
Summer temperatures are mild, with an average July temperature of 12.7 °C (54.9 °F). They are also relatively high for its latitude (72 °N), with a record high of 36.7 °C (98 °F) in July. Khatanga is the northernmost town in the world below the treeline, as summers are warm enough for trees to grow. The only tree that can grow there is the Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii).{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
Precipitation is quite low, but is somewhat higher in summer (when it falls mostly as rain) than in the rest of the year (when it falls mostly as snow).
{{Weather box
|location=Khatanga
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|Jan record high C= -1.6
|Feb record high C= -0.3
|Mar record high C= 3.8
|Apr record high C = 8.8
|May record high C = 25.4
|Jun record high C = 33.1
|Jul record high C = 36.7
|Aug record high C = 29.9
|Sep record high C = 24.2
|Oct record high C = 12.5
|Nov record high C = 2.3
|Dec record high C = -0.2
|year record high C = 36.7
|Jan high C = −27.1
|Feb high C = −27.4
|Mar high C = −19.8
|Apr high C = −9.9
|May high C = -1.1
|Jun high C = 11.6
|Jul high C = 17.3
|Aug high C = 14.1
|Sep high C = 5.4
|Oct high C = −7.8
|Nov high C = −19.8
|Dec high C = −25.4
|Jan mean C = −30.9
|Feb mean C = −31.3
|Mar mean C = −24.7
|Apr mean C = −15.5
|May mean C = -5.0
|Jun mean C = 7.2
|Jul mean C = 12.7
|Aug mean C = 9.8
|Sep mean C = 2.4
|Oct mean C = −10.9
|Nov mean C = −23.5
|Dec mean C = −29.3
|Jan low C = −34.7
|Feb low C = −34.9
|Mar low C = −29.1
|Apr low C = −20.5
|May low C = −8.7
|Jun low C = 3.9
|Jul low C = 9.0
|Aug low C = 6.3
|Sep low C = -0.2
|Oct low C = −14.1
|Nov low C = −27.2
|Dec low C = −32.9
|Jan record low C = −59.0
|Feb record low C = −55.9
|Mar record low C = −52.4
|Apr record low C = −42.9
|May record low C = −30.9
|Jun record low C = −14.3
|Jul record low C = −0.7
|Aug record low C = −3.2
|Sep record low C = −18.6
|Oct record low C = −39.9
|Nov record low C = −51.0
|Dec record low C = −58.7
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 17
|Feb precipitation mm = 13
|Mar precipitation mm = 13
|Apr precipitation mm = 13
|May precipitation mm = 16
|Jun precipitation mm = 28
|Jul precipitation mm = 43
|Aug precipitation mm = 42
|Sep precipitation mm = 32
|Oct precipitation mm = 28
|Nov precipitation mm = 22
|Dec precipitation mm = 16
|Jan humidity = 77
|Feb humidity = 78
|Mar humidity = 78
|Apr humidity = 78
|May humidity = 79
|Jun humidity = 73
|Jul humidity = 70
|Aug humidity = 78
|Sep humidity = 83
|Oct humidity = 84
|Nov humidity = 81
|Dec humidity = 77
|Jan rain days = 0.03
|Feb rain days = 0
|Mar rain days = 0.03
|Apr rain days = 1
|May rain days = 5
|Jun rain days = 15
|Jul rain days = 17
|Aug rain days = 19
|Sep rain days = 16
|Oct rain days = 3
|Nov rain days = 0.1
|Dec rain days = 0.1
|Jan snow days = 21
|Feb snow days = 22
|Mar snow days = 20
|Apr snow days = 20
|May snow days = 20
|Jun snow days = 9
|Jul snow days = 1
|Aug snow days = 1
|Sep snow days = 14
|Oct snow days = 26
|Nov snow days = 24
|Dec snow days = 22
|Jan sun = 0
|Feb sun = 23
|Mar sun = 151
|Apr sun = 267
|May sun = 264
|Jun sun = 262
|Jul sun = 308
|Aug sun = 195
|Sep sun = 88
|Oct sun = 43
|Nov sun = 3
|Dec sun = 0
|year sun = 1604
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|source 2 = NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990){{Cite FTP |url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/20891.TXT
|server = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = Hatanga Climate Normals 1961-1990
|accessdate = February 27, 2016}}
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Category:Rural localities in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Category:Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
Category:Yeniseysk Governorate