Mys Shmidta

Mys Shmidta Мыс Шмидта
Urban-type settlement[1]
Location of Mys Shmidta
Mys Shmidta Location of Mys Shmidta Show map of Russia Mys Shmidta Mys Shmidta (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) Show map of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 68°52′06″N 179°22′24″W / 68.86833°N 179.37333°W / 68.86833; -179.37333
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative district	Iultinsky District[1]
Founded	1931[2]
Urban-type settlement status since	1962[2]
Area [3]
• Total	137.81 km2 (53.21 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	492
• Estimate  (January 2016)[5]	155
• Density	3.6/km2 (9.2/sq mi)
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Iultinsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Mys Shmidta Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Mys Shmidta Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+12 (MSK+9 [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	689350
Dialing code(s)	+7 42739[8]
OKTMO ID	77715000056

Mys Shmidta (Russian: Мыс Шми́дта, lit. Cape Schmidt) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located about 5 kilometers (3 mi) southeast of the cape of the same name on the shore of the Chukchi Sea (a part of the Arctic Ocean), south of Wrangel Island, about 650 kilometers (400 mi) from Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. The cape, but not the settlement, was formerly known as North Cape (or Cape North). Cape Billings is located to the west of it and Cape Vankarem is to the east. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 492;^[4] down from 705 recorded in the 2002 Census.^[9]

It was founded in 1931^[2] as a part of the Soviet Union's development of its Arctic air defenses. Changes in the manner in which national defenses are constructed in recent decades have led to a decline in the settlement's importance, although it remains Chukotka's most important main northern sea port after Pevek.