Sputnik
Sputnik is the rural locality in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, located at a height of 83 m above sea level.- Type: Hamlet with 1,600 residents
- Description: human settlement in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pechenga and Pechenga.
Pechenga
Town
Photo: Вячеслав Лобанов, CC BY 3.0.
Pechenga is an urban locality in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pechenga Urban Settlement of Pechengsky Municipal District. Population: 3,188 ; 2,959 ; 2,671 . Pechenga is situated 6 km northwest of Sputnik.
Pechenga
Hamlet
Pechenga Station is the rural locality in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle. The railway station is located at a branch of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. Pechenga is situated 6 km west of Sputnik.
Sputnik
- Categories: posyolok and locality
- Location: Murmansk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
69.51202° or 69° 30′ 43″ northLongitude
31.31529° or 31° 18′ 55″ eastPopulation
1,600Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)Open location code
9GXHG868+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 303940881OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
870473Wikidata ID
Q4438267
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Sputnik” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սպուտնիկ”
- Chechen: “Спутник”
- Chinese: “斯普特尼克”
- Finnish: “Sputnik (Murmanskin alue)”
- Finnish: “Sputnik”
- French: “Spoutnik (oblast de Mourmansk)”
- French: “Spoutnik”
- Japanese: “スプートニク (町)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sputnik (Murmansk)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sputnik (Murmansk)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sputnik i Murmansk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sputnik”
- Norwegian: “Sputnik”
- Polish: “Sputnik”
- Russian: “Спутник (Мурманская область)”
- Russian: “Спутник”
- Serbian: “Спутњик (Мурманска област)”
- Serbian: “Спутњик”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایسپوتنیک، مورمانسک اوبلاستی”
- Ukrainian: “Спутнік (Печензький район)”
- Ukrainian: “Спутнік”
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