Verkhoyansk

Verkhoyansk is a town in of the , , located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, 92 kilometers from , the administrative center of the district, and 675 kilometers north of , the capital of the Sakha republic.
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  • Type: Town with 768 residents
  • Description: town under district jurisdiction in Sakha Republic, Russia
  • Also known as: Верхоянский острог
  • Address: Верхоянский улус

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boronuk.

Village
is a rural locality, the administrative center of, and one of two settlements in addition to in Babushinsky Rural Okrug of in the , , located 107 kilometers from , the administrative center of the district. is situated 4½ km northeast of Verkhoyansk.

Verkhoyansk

Latitude
67.54951° or 67° 32′ 58″ north
Longitude
133.38746° or 133° 23′ 15″ east
Population
768
Elevation
140 metres (459 feet)
Inception
1638
Open location code
9QVMG9XP+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302605557
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2013465
Wiki­data ID
Q133057
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Verkhoyansk” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فرخويانسك
  • Armenian: Վերխոյանսկ
  • Bashkir: Верхоянск
  • Basque: Verkhoiansk
  • Belarusian: Верхаянск
  • Bengali: ভার্খোয়ানস্ক
  • Bulgarian: Верхоянск
  • Catalan: Verkhoiansk
  • Cebuano: Verkhoyansk
  • Chechen: Верхоянск
  • Chinese: Verkhoyansk
  • Chinese: 上扬斯克
  • Crimean Tatar: Verhoyansk
  • Czech: Verchojansk
  • Danish: Verkhojansk
  • Dimli (individual language): Verkhoyansk
  • Dutch: Verchojansk
  • Esperanto: Verĥojansk
  • Esperanto: Verĥojansko
  • Estonian: Verhojansk
  • Finnish: Verhojansk
  • French: Verkhoïansk
  • Galician: Verkhoiansk
  • German: Werchojansk
  • Greek: Βερχογιάνσκ
  • Hebrew: ורחויאנסק
  • Hungarian: Verhojanszk
  • Indonesian: Verkhoyansk
  • Italian: Verchojansk
  • Italian: Verkhojansk
  • Japanese: ヴェルホヤンスク
  • Japanese: ベルホヤンスク
  • Korean: 베르호얀스크
  • Latvian: Verhojanska
  • Lithuanian: Verchojanskas
  • Macedonian: Верхојанск
  • Min Nan Chinese: Verkhoyansk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Verkhojansk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Verkhojansk
  • Norwegian: Verkhojansk
  • Ossetian: Верхоянск
  • Persian: ورخویانسک
  • Polish: Wierchojańsk
  • Portuguese: Verkhoiansk
  • Romanian: Verhoiansk
  • Romanian: Verkhoiansk
  • Russian: Верхоянск
  • Russian: Верхоя́нск
  • Scots: Verkhoyansk
  • Serbian: Верхојанск
  • Slovak: Verchojansk
  • South Azerbaijani: ورخویانسک
  • Spanish: Verjoiansk
  • Spanish: Verjoyansk
  • Spanish: Verkhoyansk
  • Swedish: Verchojansk
  • Tagalog: Verkhoyansk
  • Tajik: Верхоянск
  • Talysh: Verxojansk
  • Tatar: Верхоянск
  • Thai: เวียร์โคยันสค์
  • Turkish: Verhoyansk
  • Ukrainian: Верхоянськ
  • Upper Sorbian: Wjerchojansk
  • Urdu: ویرخویانسک
  • Veps: Verhojansk
  • Vietnamese: Verkhoyansk
  • Waray (Philippines): Verkhoyansk
  • Western Frisian: Werchojansk
  • Wu Chinese: 上扬斯克
  • Yakut: Верхоянскай

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