Urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russia
Dukat (Russian :Дукат ) is anurban locality (anurban-type settlement ) in theOmsukchansky District ofMagadan Oblast ,Russia , located 595 kilometers (370 mi) north ofMagadan . Population:1,351 (2010 Census ) ;[ 1] 1,287 (2002 Census ) ;[ 5] 6,945 (1989 Soviet census ) .[ 6]
In the mid of the 1960s,geologists fromOmsukchan discovered a richore deposit ofsilver ; and named the settlement of Dukat, founded in 1968, after theducat , an oldtrade coin used inEurope . The status of urban-type settlement was assigned by the decision of the Magadan Regional Executive Committee of February 19, 1976.
Dukat is located in a valley between two mountains of theOmsukchan Range ,Kolyma Highlands , 27 km west ofOmsukchan , theraion 's seat and the nearest populated place. It is 30 km fromOmsukchan Airport and 45 from theghost town ofGalimy .
The town is known forits gold mine , one of the largest in Russia,[ 7] located few km west of the town.
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