Refuge

Балок Юнковож

UnguardedVerified listing

The place

"Балок Юнковож" (Balok Yunkovozh), listed at 0 m elevation, is a listing with a Russian name ("балок" = shack/shelter in Russian, a term used in Siberia for hunter/geologist shelters). No public source consulted allows this location to be precisely identified. The elevation on file is likely erroneous. To be renamed or removed.

Getting there

Country field NULL in DB; to be assigned: Russia (probably Komi or Yamalo-Nenets AO). Extreme access in arctic zone.

The setting

"Балок Юнковож" (balok = mobile shack in Russian arctic usage, Yunkovozh = Komi/Nenets place name) in the Komi Republic or Yamalo-Nenets AO (64.96°N 59.62°E, Russia). Country field NULL in DB; to be assigned: Russia. Likely a shack used by Nenets herders or hunters in the Northern Urals tundra. 3rd Russia listing, target 2 (with кордон Намурт batch 37, Вува batch 53).