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<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <p>Ust-Maya is located on the north bank of the <a href="/facts/Aldan_River/aTjuWq11">Aldan River</a> opposite the mouth of the <a href="/facts/Maya_River/6wfnqbgT">Maya River</a>. The <a href="/facts/Sette-Daban/w0UKJ5jr">Sette-Daban</a> mountain range rises to the east of the town.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Ust-Maya was founded in 1930 as a base for gold mining activities on the <a href="/facts/Allakh-Yun_River/3texGmeh">Allakh-Yun</a> and <a href="/facts/Yudoma_River/ffo5zU4s">Yudoma Rivers</a> to the east. It became the <a href="/facts/Administrative_center/jyz1zfzk">administrative center</a> of the newly created <a href="/facts/Ust-Maysky_District/BEsUrrm6">Ust-Maysky District</a> in 1931. During <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, an airfield was built here for the <a href="/facts/ALSIB/3UC3S3sS">Alaska-Siberian air route</a> used to ferry American <a href="/facts/Lend-Lease/q15Vw9VI">Lend-Lease</a> aircraft to the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)/W05zyTMj">Eastern Front</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In 1957, Ust-Maya was granted <a href="/facts/Urban-type_settlement/R9T2ThkF">urban-type settlement</a> status.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In 1972, the administrative center of the district was moved to <a href="/facts/Solnechny%2c_Sakha_Republic/pDSyQQYw">Solnechny</a>, where it remained until 1992, when it was moved back to Ust-Maya. </p> <h2 id="administrative-and-municipal-status">Administrative and municipal status</h2> <p>Within the <a href="/facts/Subdivisions_of_Russia/bwH3nNy1">framework of administrative divisions</a>, the <a href="/facts/Urban-type_settlement/R9T2ThkF">urban-type settlement</a> of Ust-Maya<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> serves as the <a href="/facts/Administrative_center/jyz1zfzk">administrative center</a> of <a href="/facts/Ust-Maysky_District/BEsUrrm6">Ust-Maysky District</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> As an administrative division, it is, together with one <a href="/facts/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia/jsrpqXhI">rural locality</a> (the <i><a href="/facts/Village/jhnY07n2">selo</a></i> of <a href="/facts/Ust-Yudoma/DpU3uhUm">Ust-Yudoma</a>), incorporated within Ust-Maysky District as the <a href="/facts/Urban-type_settlement/R9T2ThkF">Settlement</a> of Ust-Maya.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> As a <a href="/facts/Subdivisions_of_Russia/bwH3nNy1">municipal division</a>, the Settlement of Ust-Maya is incorporated within Ust-Maysky Municipal District as Ust-Maya Urban Settlement.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="transportation">Transportation</h2> <p>There are no year-round roads connecting Ust-Maya with outside world; however, <a href="/facts/Winter_road/cEgsvIRn">winter roads</a> connect it to <a href="/facts/Eldikan/NMwCva2b">Eldikan</a> and <a href="/facts/Amga_(rural_locality)/s62YCvuB">Amga</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Ust-Maya_Airport/pt1YEHRt">Ust-Maya Airport</a> (<a href="/facts/IATA_airport_code/ogq7w5UQ">IATA</a>: UMS) is located in the <i><a href="/facts/Village/jhnY07n2">selo</a></i> of <a href="/facts/Petropavlovsk%2c_Sakha_Republic/IMTHNaC5">Petropavlovsk</a>, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) to the southeast. </p> <h2 id="climate">Climate</h2> <p>Ust-Maya has an extreme <a href="/facts/Subarctic_climate/xW83IXdL">subarctic climate</a> (<a href="/facts/K%25C3%25B6ppen_climate_classification/VDcr86hF">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Dfd</i>). Winters are extremely cold, while summers are quite warm. <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">Precipitation</a> is quite low and is somewhat higher in summer than at other times of the year. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="14">Climate data for Ust-Maya (1991-2020, extremes 1893-present)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Month</th><th scope="col">Jan</th><th scope="col">Feb</th><th scope="col">Mar</th><th scope="col">Apr</th><th scope="col">May</th><th scope="col">Jun</th><th scope="col">Jul</th><th scope="col">Aug</th><th scope="col">Sep</th><th scope="col">Oct</th><th scope="col">Nov</th><th scope="col">Dec</th><th scope="col">Year</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record high °C (°F)</th><td>−5.5(22.1)</td><td>−2.0(28.4)</td><td>9.4(48.9)</td><td>17.8(64.0)</td><td>30.3(86.5)</td><td>35.3(95.5)</td><td>36.3(97.3)</td><td>34.6(94.3)</td><td>26.4(79.5)</td><td>15.6(60.1)</td><td>5.8(42.4)</td><td>−4.9(23.2)</td><td>36.3(97.3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily maximum °C (°F)</th><td>−34.2(−29.6)</td><td>−26.5(−15.7)</td><td>−9.9(14.2)</td><td>3.9(39.0)</td><td>14.8(58.6)</td><td>23.5(74.3)</td><td>25.8(78.4)</td><td>22.1(71.8)</td><td>12.5(54.5)</td><td>−2.2(28.0)</td><td>−21.6(−6.9)</td><td>−34.9(−30.8)</td><td>−2.2(28.0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Daily mean °C (°F)</th><td>−38.3(−36.9)</td><td>−33.6(−28.5)</td><td>−19(−2)</td><td>−3.1(26.4)</td><td>8.1(46.6)</td><td>16.3(61.3)</td><td>18.9(66.0)</td><td>15.0(59.0)</td><td>6.5(43.7)</td><td>−6.5(20.3)</td><td>−26(−15)</td><td>−38.2(−36.8)</td><td>−8.3(17.0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily minimum °C (°F)</th><td>−41.7(−43.1)</td><td>−39.2(−38.6)</td><td>−27.9(−18.2)</td><td>−10.4(13.3)</td><td>1.8(35.2)</td><td>9.2(48.6)</td><td>12.5(54.5)</td><td>8.9(48.0)</td><td>1.7(35.1)</td><td>−10.1(13.8)</td><td>−29.9(−21.8)</td><td>−41.3(−42.3)</td><td>−13.9(7.0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record low °C (°F)</th><td>−60.2(−76.4)</td><td>−60(−76)</td><td>−54.1(−65.4)</td><td>−38.7(−37.7)</td><td>−19.2(−2.6)</td><td>−5.4(22.3)</td><td>−3.1(26.4)</td><td>−7.2(19.0)</td><td>−17(1)</td><td>−38.3(−36.9)</td><td>−54.4(−65.9)</td><td>−59.4(−74.9)</td><td>−60.2(−76.4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">precipitation</a> mm (inches)</th><td>11.8(0.46)</td><td>8.3(0.33)</td><td>8.1(0.32)</td><td>11.0(0.43)</td><td>28.6(1.13)</td><td>34.3(1.35)</td><td>53.7(2.11)</td><td>50.8(2.00)</td><td>44.5(1.75)</td><td>29.5(1.16)</td><td>19.5(0.77)</td><td>10.9(0.43)</td><td>311(12.24)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average rainy days</th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0.1</td><td>3</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>14</td><td>4</td><td>0.1</td><td>0</td><td>76</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average snowy days</th><td>23</td><td>20</td><td>13</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>18</td><td>24</td><td>22</td><td>128</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Relative_humidity/Nwb28VlT">relative humidity</a> (%)</th><td>77</td><td>77</td><td>71</td><td>62</td><td>57</td><td>62</td><td>68</td><td>73</td><td>75</td><td>80</td><td>81</td><td>78</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean monthly <a href="/facts/Sunshine_duration/wVBusklh">sunshine hours</a></th><td>40</td><td>124</td><td>229</td><td>256</td><td>283</td><td>313</td><td>320</td><td>245</td><td>153</td><td>95</td><td>75</td><td>21</td><td>2,154</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source 1: pogoda.ru.net<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source 2: NOAA (sun only, 1961-1990)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Notes</h3> <h3>Sources</h3> <ul><li>Official website of the Sakha Republic. <i>Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic</i>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141012064311/http://sakha.gov.ru/node/12550">Ust-Maysky District</a>. (in Russian)</li> <li>Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (<a href="/facts/State_Assembly_of_the_Sakha_Republic/uUgDyUg1">State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic</a>. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 <i>On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic</i>, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 <i>On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic"</i>. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).</li> <li>Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №172-З №351-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1535-З №597-V от 27 ноября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 1 и 2 Закона Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом муниципального района муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (<a href="/facts/State_Assembly_of_the_Sakha_Republic/uUgDyUg1">State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic</a>. Law #172-Z No. 351-III of November 30, 2004 <i>On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic</i>, as amended by the Law #1535-Z No. 597-V of November 27, 2015 <i>On Amending Articles 1 and 2 of the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Municipal District Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic"</i>. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. <a href="Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census]" target="_blank">Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census]</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>ТРРС 3 / 104А. Описание местности (in Russian) <a href="http://www.trrlsever.org/SEVER/MILAN/MILAN-1/milan_geo.html" target="_blank">http://www.trrlsever.org/SEVER/MILAN/MILAN-1/milan_geo.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Igor Lebedev. Aviation Lend-Lease to Russia. Nova Publishers, 1997, pp. 44–49 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic, Ust-Maya is the administrative center of the Settlement of Ust-Maya. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Law #173-Z #353-III <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Weather And Climate - Climate Ust-May" (in Russian). Retrieved January 18, 2013. <a href="http://pogoda.ru.net/climate/24966.htm" target="_blank">http://pogoda.ru.net/climate/24966.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Climate Normals for Ust-Maja". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (FTP). Retrieved January 20, 2013. (To view documents see Help:FTP) <a href="ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/24966.TXT" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/RA/24966.TXT</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>