Explore Tiksi in Russia
Tiksi in the region of Sakha with its 5,700 inhabitants is a town in Russia - some 2,671 mi or ( 4298 km ) North-East of Moscow , the country's capital city .
Current time in Tiksi is now 10:50 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Yakutsk " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: and Sogo. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Sogo . Where to go and what to see in Tiksi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.
Interesting facts about this location
Tiksi Airport
Tiksi Aerodrome is located 1 km (0.6 mi) northeast of Tiksi, Russia and was built in the 1950s as a staging base for Soviet Long Range Aviation bombers to reach the United States (as a so-called 'bounce' airdrome). It is used regularly by Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft in military exercises, including one in 1999, in which bombers practice travelling to the Canadian arctic.
Located at 71.70 128.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tiksi West
Tiksi West is a large abandoned airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located about 10 km west of Tiksi. It appears on old Department of Defense navigation charts, and satellite imagery as of 2000 continues to show patterns of disturbed ground. The history of the airfield is unknown but its role as a military facility was likely replaced by Tiksi Airport, which serves the area today.
Located at 71.69 128.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Brusneva Island
Brusneva Island (Russian: Остров Бруснева,Ostrov Brusneva), is a small island in the Laptev Sea. It is located off the eastern side of the Lena delta in the Tiksi Bay, only 5 km ENE of Tiksi. Its length is 2.3 km and its maximum breadth less than 1 km. The name of this island is also spelt as "Brusnova" in some maps. Tiksi Bay, the area where Brusneva Island lies, is subject to severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and blizzards. The sea in the bay is frozen for about nine months every year.
Located at 71.66 129.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Historical Weather
Related Locations
Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.