Ugolnye Kopi

Traces of fossil flora and fauna dating to the late Cretaceous and Paleocene were discovered on the territory of modern Ugolnye Kopi in 2003, in the area known as the Golden Ridge,"Крайний Север" (Krayny Sever), №5 (1762), February 11, 2011 in the Ugolnoye and Pervomaysky fields. These areas exhibit extensive fossil flora and fauna composition; the fossilized plant remains are well-preserved.Culbilibino.ru. [http://culbilibino.ru/stati/eksponaty-pod-nogami.html Экспонаты «под ногами»]. По материалам газеты «Золотая Чукотка» №27 (5336) от 14 июля 2011 г. ("Палеонтологическая коллекция главного музея округа... пополнилась образцами ископаемой флоры Чукотки", Samples of fossil flora of Chukotka were added to the paleontological collection of the main district museum... There are currently about 130 items in the Chukotka Heritage Museum in Anadyr.[http://www.chukotka-museum.ru/exhibitions/?item=69 Музейный центр «Наследие Чукотки»] Chukotka Heritage Museum Report.{{failed verification|date=July 2014}} Pollen grains extracted from the shells show that for about two million years ago coniferous and deciduous forests existed on the Gold Ridge.

In the sediments of the Golden Ridge, fossil remains of teeth, vertebrae, and jaw fragments have been found.A. A. Grabovsky and Ya. V. Dyachenko, [http://uchi.skachate.ru/docs/1029/index-463667.html?page=2 Новые палеонтологические находки из нижнеюрских-среднеплейстоценовых морских отложений Нижне-Анадырской низменности] (New paleontological finds from the Lower Jurassic-Middle Pleistocene marine deposits of the Lower Anadyr Lowlands). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201131342/http://uchi.skachate.ru/docs/1029/index-463667.html?page=2 |date=February 1, 2014 }}

It was founded at the beginning of the 20th century to provide accommodation and facilities for those working in or administering the nearby mines, hence the name,Futé, pp. 88f and later to provide the same services to those working in the air industry at the local airport.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ugolnye Kopi is directly subordinated to Anadyrsky District.Directive #517-rp As a municipal division, the urban-type settlement of Ugolnye Kopi is incorporated within Anadyrsky Municipal District as Ugolnye Kopi Urban Settlement.Law #148-OZ

Ugolnye Kopi is located on the road between the Ugolny Airport and Shakhtyorsky. Unlike a large number of localities in the region, Ugolnye Kopi's demographics is mainly Caucasian.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071021125506/http://redcross-chukotka.ru/English/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=11 Red Cross of Chukotka – Anadyrsky District (Archived)] The Red Cross reports that only eighty-four people in Ugolnye Kopi are of indigenous origin; the remainder are of Slavic origin. This is as a result of the settlement's reason for existence being to provide accommodation and services to the local miners, servicemen, and aircraftmen, rather than it initially being an indigenous settlement that was turned into a collective farm such as, for example, Chuvanskoye.

The settlement houses all district institutions and several military units. There are various stores, a post-office, a library, a hostel for children, the District Center of Children's Art, a youth sports school, a daycare center, Chukotka Economic Lyceum, a high school, the Municipal Center of Education, and a cultural center.

The settlement is also home to the main airport in the autonomous okrug, the Ugolny Airport. This is the main transport hub for the region offering vital links to all airports within the district with Chukotavia as well as Alaska through Bering Air. In summer, those arriving to the airport and heading to Anadyr may do so using a ferry crossing; however, winter arrivals need to use the ice road across the Anadyr River which leads straight into the town.

In 2003, power cables were finally laid across the water from the Anadyr power station to these settlements. The use of natural gas as basic fuel will allow for the considerable improvement of the ecological situation in the autonomous okrug by decreasing the level of emissions in the atmosphere caused by coal burning. Hence the cost of power will drop, and reliability and quality of power supply will be higher.

Ugolnye Kopi has a polar climate (Köppen ET)McKnightand Hess, pp. 235–237 because the warmest month has an average temperature between {{convert|0|and|+10|C|F}}.

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|Jan record high C=3.3

|Feb record high C=3.4

|Mar record high C=5.4

|Apr record high C=4.6

|May record high C=9.1

|Jun record high C=22.8

|Jul record high C=27.4

|Aug record high C=27.5

|Sep record high C=17.7

|Oct record high C=10.8

|Nov record high C=6.2

|Dec record high C=1.9

|year record high C=27.5

|Jan high C=-13

|Feb high C=-14.5

|Mar high C=-13.2

|Apr high C=-7.7

|May high C=0.3

|Jun high C=7.9

|Jul high C=12.6

|Aug high C=11.8

|Sep high C=6.4

|Oct high C=-0.9

|Nov high C=-8.1

|Dec high C=-11.1

|year high C=-2.3

|Jan low C=-16.7

|Feb low C=-18

|Mar low C=-16.8

|Apr low C=-11.8

|May low C=-2.9

|Jun low C=2.6

|Jul low C=6.9

|Aug low C=6.9

|Sep low C=2.2

|Oct low C=-4.5

|Nov low C=-11.8

|Dec low C=-14.8

|year low C=-6.6

|Jan record low C=-34.1

|Feb record low C=-32.8

|Mar record low C=-31

|Apr record low C=-25

|May record low C=-16.9

|Jun record low C=-3.4

|Jul record low C=0.4

|Aug record low C=0

|Sep record low C=-7.9

|Oct record low C=-21

|Nov record low C=-27

|Dec record low C=-32

|year record low C=-34.1

|Jan precipitation mm=57

|Feb precipitation mm=39

|Mar precipitation mm=24

|Apr precipitation mm=27

|May precipitation mm=27

|Jun precipitation mm=27

|Jul precipitation mm=39

|Aug precipitation mm=60

|Sep precipitation mm=60

|Oct precipitation mm=54

|Nov precipitation mm=66

|Dec precipitation mm=63

|Jan snow days=19

|Feb snow days=14

|Mar snow days=15

|Apr snow days=15

|May snow days=17

|Jun snow days=3

|Jul snow days=0

|Aug snow days=0

|Sep snow days=4

|Oct snow days=17

|Nov snow days=20

|Dec snow days=20

|year snow days=144

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• List of inhabited localities in Anadyrsky District

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• {{Cite book|author1=McKnight, Tom L|author2=Hess, Darrel|year=2000|chapter=Climate Zones and Types|title=Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation|location=Upper Saddle River, NJ|publisher=Prentice Hall|isbn=0-13-020263-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/physicalgeographmckn}}
• Petit Futé, Chukotka

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