Olenyok (rural locality)
Olenyok (; , Ölöön) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Olenyoksky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located north of the Arctic Circle. Population: Geography The village is located by the Olenyok River, a few miles downstream from the confluence of the Arga-Sala, its largest tributary. Transportation Olenyok is served by the Olenyok Airport . Climate Olenyok has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Winters are extremely cold with average temperatures from in January, while summers are mild with average temperatures from . A temperature of was recorded in January 1959. Precipitation is quite low, but is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year. Temperatures in summer sometimes reach and the record high is , recorded in July 1936. References Notes Sources Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Churapchinsky District. Rural localities in the Sakha Republic Road-inaccessible communities of the Sakha Republic Olenyok basin