Zapolyarnyy, Russia
Заполярный
Zapolyarnyy is a town of 4,476 people in Komi, Russia, founded in 1955.
Why visit Zapolyarnyy
Townapedia lists 1 place to eat in and around town.
Weather in Zapolyarnyy
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About Zapolyarnyy
Zapolyarny (Russian: Заполя́рный; Komi: Заполярнӧй, Zapolarnöj) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Vorkuta in the Komi Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,948.
From the Wikipedia article Zapolyarny, Komi Republic (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Zapolyarnyy
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Getting there and nearby towns
Vorkuta Airport (VKT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 11 km away.
- Vorgashor 10 km north, about 10 min by car
- Promyshlennyy 13 km northeast, about 13 min by car
- Vorkuta 14 km east, about 14 min by car
- Tsementnozavodskiy 21 km northeast, about 21 min by car
- Sovetskiy 29 km east, about 29 min by car
- Yeletskiy 54 km southeast, about 54 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- 25 Frunze street, Zapolyarny, Komi, Лапоть, CC0
- ТЭВ25-052, YARYCK, CC BY 4.0
- Мульда-ЦОФ - panoramio, a.l.e.x., CC BY 3.0
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