Dikson (urban-type settlement)
| Dikson (English) Диксон (Russian) |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative district | Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 676 inhabitants |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Postal code(s) | 647340 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 39152 |
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Dikson (Russian: Диксон) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a port 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 2010 Census, its population was 676.
Dikson is the northernmost port in Russia, one of the northernmost settlements in the world, and the northernmost settlement on the Asian continent. It is located so far north that one may experience complete darkness with no civil twilight from the 8th of December to the 5th of January. In most major settlements north of the Arctic Circle, there is still substantial twilight during the polar night at midday. It is also one of the most isolated settlements in the world.
Dikson's inhabitants informally call their settlement a "Capital of the Arctic", a name taken from a popular Soviet song.
The urban-type settlement of Dikson, as well as Dikson Island, were named after Swedish Arctic pioneer Baron Oscar Dickson. Dickson, along with Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov, was the patron of a number of early Arctic expeditions, including Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's Russian Arctic explorations.
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