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Tiksi (Russian: Ти́кси, IPA: [ˈtʲiksʲɪ]; Yakut: Тиксии, Tiksii – lit. a moorage place ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement ) and the administrative center of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic , Russia , located on the shore of the Buor-Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea , southeast of the delta of the Lena River .
Tiksi Aerodrome (IATA: IKS, ICAO: UEST) 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' aerodrome [clarification needed]).
The Tiksi West complex, captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON satellite in 1974. Tiksi West (Tiksi-Zapadny) was a large air base in Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 7 km west of Tiksi. It appeared on Department of Defense navigation charts during the Cold War, and was listed as having a 13,500 ft (4100 metre) runway with jet capabilities. [1]
Tiksi North is a former Russian military airfield located 41 km north of Tiksi in Bulunsky District, Sakha Republic. [1] Described as a ghost airfield, its probable use was either as a diversion or dispersal airfield for Soviet bombers. [1] It was likely abandoned sometime in the early 1960s. [1]
The Settlement of Tiksi is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the eight rural okrugs are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district. [6] The urban-type settlement of Tiksi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative [2] and municipal [5] district.
Tiksi Bay (Russian: Бухта Тикси, Bukhta Tiksi) is a bay of the Laptev Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Sakha Republic, Russia. History [ edit ]
Arbugaeva was born in Tiksi, [2] [3] a small port town of the Sakha Republic on the Arctic Sea, near the mouth of the Lena River.As part of the Soviet Union, Tiksi supported military airfields and became the world's most northern settlement with over 5000 people. [4]
Tiksi, Sakha Russia 1995 Iqaluit Research Centre [15] [16] Iqaluit, Nunavut Canada 1978 20 10 Kevo Research Station [17] Kevo Finland 1958 12 7 Kilpisjärvi Biological Station [18] [19] Kilpisjärvi Finland 1964 Kiruna Atmospheric and Geophysical Observatory [20] [21] Kiruna Sweden 1957 Kluane Lake Research Station [22] Kluane Lake, Yukon ...