Tazovsky (rural locality)

Tazovsky () is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Tazovsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Taz River from its fall into the Taz Estuary. Population: 
Tazovsky Airport (ICAO airport code: "USDT") is located next to Tazovsky.
History.
Until 1949, it was known as Khalmer-Sede ()—a Nenets name literally meaning "the hill of the dead", due to an old Nenets cemetery at this location. It had urban-type settlement status until January 1, 2013.