Dikson
Диксон | |
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Coordinates: 73°30′N 80°31′E / 73.500°N 80.517°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Administrative district | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District |
Founded | 1915 |
Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ![]() |
Postal code(s)[2] | 647340 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 39152 |
OKTMO ID | 04653155051 |
Website | dikson-taimyr |
Dikson (Russian: Ди́ксон, IPA: [dʲiksən]) (also spelled Dixon) is a port located in northern Russia and is one of the world's northernmost settlements. Dikson is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) situated in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is situated on the Kara Sea, located on a headland at the mouth of the Yenisei Gulf (the Yenisei River estuary), on Russia's Arctic Ocean coast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 319.[3] It is the world's northernmost settlement on a continental mainland.