Bykovskii

Bykovskii

 

an urban-type settlement in Bulunskii Raion, Yakut ASSR. It is situated above the Arctic Circle, near the mouth of the Lena River, on Bykovskii Peninsula on the shore of the Laptev Sea. It is linked by shipping routes along the Lena with Yakutsk and by sea with Tiksi and other ports. Population, 800 (1968). It was established in 1942 in connection with the construction of a fish-processing plant.