Place:Verkhoyansk, Sakha, Dalnevostochny, Russia

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NameVerkhoyansk
Alt namesVerchojansksource: Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-185
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates67.583°N 133.417°E
Located inSakha, Dalnevostochny, Russia
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Verkhoyansk (; , Verkhoyanskay) is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River in the Arctic Circle, from Batagay, the administrative center of the district, and north of Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,311. Verkhoyansk holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic Circle, with , and it also holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in Asia, . The cold record is shared with Oymyakon.

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