Dikson Island

Dikson Island, initially Dickson, is an island in , , , situated in the Kara Sea near the mouth of the Yenisei River.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Russia
  • Also known as: Dickson Island”, “Ostrov Dickson”, and “Ostrov Diksona

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dikson Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is a small commercial airport in located 5 km west of the urban-type settlement of on a small island. The airport is owned by KrasAvia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dikson.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a small city in with a population of 690. Among its inhabitants the city is nicknamed "Arctic's Capital", taken from a popular Soviet-era song.

Dikson Island

Latitude
73.51173° or 73° 30′ 42″ north
Longitude
80.32967° or 80° 19′ 47″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
CM52G86H+MV
Geo­Names ID
1507386
Wiki­data ID
Q1225369
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Dikson Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة ديكسون
  • Asturian: Isla Dikson
  • Asturian: Islla Dikson
  • Azerbaijani: Dikson adası
  • Belarusian: Дзіксан
  • Bosnian: Dikson (ostrvo)
  • Bosnian: Dikson
  • Bulgarian: Диксон
  • Catalan: ostrov Dikson
  • Cebuano: Ostrov Dikson
  • Chinese: 迪克森島
  • Croatian: Dikson (otok)
  • Croatian: Dikson
  • Croatian: Dolgi (otok)
  • Croatian: Kuzkin
  • Czech: Dikson
  • Dutch: Dikson
  • Egyptian Arabic: ديكسون ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: ديكسون
  • Esperanto: Dikson
  • Estonian: Dicksoni saar
  • Estonian: Diksoni saar
  • Finnish: Dicksoninsaari
  • French: île Dikson
  • French: Île Dikson
  • German: Dikson
  • Italian: isola di Dikson
  • Italian: Isola di Dikson
  • Japanese: ジクソン島
  • Japanese: ディクソン島
  • Kazakh: Диксон аралы
  • Kazakh: Диксон
  • Kirghiz: Диксон
  • Korean: 딕손섬
  • Latin: Insula Dickson
  • Latvian: Diksona sala
  • Lithuanian: Diksono sala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Diksonøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ostrov Dikson
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Остров Диксон
  • Persian: جزیره دیکسون
  • Polish: Dikson
  • Portuguese: Ilha Dikson
  • Romanian: Dikson
  • Russian: Диксон остров
  • Russian: Диксон
  • Russian: Остров Диксон
  • Serbian: Диксон (острво)
  • Serbian: Острво Диксон
  • Spanish: Isla de Dikson
  • Spanish: Isla Dikson
  • Turkish: Dikson adası
  • Turkish: Dikson Adası

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