The name Dixon is associated with two earthly places, completely opposite in their climatic conditions. This is the northernmost urban settlement in Russia, located on a small island of the same name, and a magnificent resort town in sunny Malaysia. There is nothing more in common between them, except for the fact that they both have seaports.
The article provides information about the Russian settlement and the seaport of Dikson.
Dixon Island
This is a rocky island located in the northeastern territory of the Yenisei Bay (Kara Sea) at the exit to the Arctic Ocean of the Yenisei Bay. This place is located about 1500 meters from the mainland (Northern Sea Route). From the North Pole to it is only a two-hour flight by plane.
The area of the island is approximately 25 square kilometers. The average height of the relief is 26 meters, at the maximum it reaches up to 48 meters. Its surface is mainly composed of diabase deposits.
In the 17th-18th centuries, the island had the names Dolgy and Kuzkin (in honor of the name of the Russian Pomor who discovered it). In 1875, the Swedish navigator A. E. Nordenskiöld, who visited the bay and the island, renamed it in honor of O. Dixon, a merchant who subsidized this expedition.
The bay and the island received their official name in 1884. And the first radio station in the Arctic was built on it in 1915.
This was a brief history of the appearance of the port of Dixon in these places.
Dikson Village
This is the regional center of the Taimyr district, located 685 kilometers from the village of Dudinki in a northerly direction. It is located on the rocky island of the same name.
The Dixon area is an arctic desert with a rather harsh climate (located on permafrost, beyond the Arctic Circle). The average January temperatures are from -25 °С to -28 °С, and in July - 3-8 °С. 250 mm of precipitation falls here annually. The population of the village is more than 4 thousand people (according to 1991 data).
In connection with the beginning of the construction of the port in 1934, a settlement arose on the mainland, and in 1957 these two settlements were administratively merged.
The village has its own airport, the Hydrometeorology Department, the Diksonstroy plant, a hydrographic base, a geological exploration expedition, a fish factory, etc. There is even an Art Gallery, as well as monuments to N. A. Begichev (researcher of Taimyr) and P. Tessem (to the Norwegian who died in the Arcticsailor - a member of the expedition of 1918 under the leadership of R. Amundsen). There is also a place of memory for the sailors of the Northern Fleet who died in 1942 in a battle with the German battleship Admiral Scheer.
Seaport
Dikson (Russia) is an Arctic seaport. It is located on the territory of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the village of Dikson.
Its annual turnover is about 12 thousand tons, throughput - 200 thousand tons: 50,000 tons of general cargo, 150 thousand tons of bulk. Navigation here, if necessary, is year-round with icebreaking support. There are 8 operating berths in the port in total. The nearest port is Dudinka. There is a covered warehouse for storage of goods on the territory. Its area is 10,000 square meters. There is also an open warehouse (4,000 sq. m.). The port has 3 crawler and gantry cranes, 1 wheeled crane and 4 forklifts.
The port of Dikson was and is used to support the life of the village, polar stations, military facilities, Arctic expeditions, as well as for hydrographic and hydrometeorological services along the Northern Sea Route.
The main cargo flow to this port is from Dudinka along the Yenisei Gulf. In addition, a waterway along the river is possible. Pyasina to the small port-point Valek, located on the territory of the district of the city of Norilsk, but today it is practically not used.
During the summer, the Port of Dikson regularly carries out passenger transportation between the mainland and island parts of the village. For this purpose, the boat "StanislavGumenyuk".
A brief history of the creation of the port
The construction of the settlement together with the port of Dixon began in July 1934 by builders who arrived from Arkhangelsk and Igarka (145 people). The first berths on Conus Island were built in 1936, and they received 3,000 tons of coal on their first navigation. On a stone foundation, in 1939, the construction of the main pier was started, which was put into operation in 1941. However, in 1942, a German cruiser fired on and destroyed the coal berths, which were reconstructed in 1958.
By the mid-70s of the XX century, a new administration building, warehouses with a vegetable store and a residential building were built.
Currently, some of the old buildings of the port are not used, due to heavy wear and tear and are in conservation, and some of them are simply abandoned.
In summer, the navigation period in the port lasts from June to September (sometimes October). In winter, as noted above, navigation can be year-round with assistance from the icebreaker fleet.
In conclusion about the city of Port Dickson Malaysia
There is a wonderful resort city in the southern country, which is a wonderful paradise for a beach holiday.
It is located on the coast of the Strait of Malacca (the junction of the Pacific Ocean with the Indian Ocean). This is the youngest resort in Malaysia.
Earlier, oil and coal were produced in Port Dickson, but after the construction of the railway and the seaport, commercialand tourism activities. Quite quickly, hotels and comfortable hotels began to appear along the coast. Thanks to the warm climate, the presence of sandy beaches and calm seas, the city has experienced a resort boom for 20 years. The number of people wishing to get to Port Dikson Malaysia, in comparison with the Russian village of Dikson, is growing every year.
