Snezhnogorsk
| district
Russia /
Krasnojarsk /
Snezhnogorsk /
World
/ Russia
/ Krasnojarsk
/ Snezhnogorsk
, 1 km from center (Снежногорск)
World / Russia / Taymyr
district, draw only border
Snezhnogorsk (Russian: Снежного́рск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of Tsentralny City District of the krai city of Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
Snezhnogorsk was founded in 1963 as a settlement for the workers building the Ust-Khantaika hydroelectric plant. Snezhnogorsk got its name during construction, when the first house built was covered with snow up to the roof. The status of an urban-type settlement has been granted in 1964. The city-forming enterprise is Ust-Khantai Hydroelectric Power Station with a capacity of 451 MW.
Snezhnogorsk was founded in 1963 as a settlement for the workers building the Ust-Khantaika hydroelectric plant. Snezhnogorsk got its name during construction, when the first house built was covered with snow up to the roof. The status of an urban-type settlement has been granted in 1964. The city-forming enterprise is Ust-Khantai Hydroelectric Power Station with a capacity of 451 MW.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snezhnogorsk,_Krasnoyarsk_Krai
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 68°5'44"N 87°43'46"E
- Old Town(Old Norilsk) 139 km
- Oganer 143 km
- Railroad Suburb 995 km
- Sovkhoz 2218 km
- Umba 2220 km
- Zaretchje 2240 km
- пос. Восточная Губа 2247 km
- Snezhnogorsk Airport 4.1 km
- Lake Khantayskoye 144 km