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from 13 August 2020 show that the newer runway is being concrete surfaced and extended from 8,200 feet (2,500 m) to 11,500 feet (3,500 m). The runway expansion can support permanent deployments of combat jets to Moscow's most northerly base. Deploying interceptors, maritime strike fighters,
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crashed here on 23 December 1996 while attempting to land, one of the northernmost plane crashes ever. The airfield is operational, maintained by
Frontier Guards (
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477:. The Drive. 21 August 2020.
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151:80.79861°N 47.47972°E
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581:Cape Mary Harmsworth
356:Satellite photos by
804:Hochstetter Islands
463:. 11 November 2015.
320:Long Range Aviation
261:Nagurskoye airfield
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591:Queen Victoria Sea
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129:Coordinates
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1010:Nagurskoye
984:Zichy Land
904:Northbrook
889:McClintock
646:expedition
623:expedition
498:2021-09-05
377:References
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278:Nagurskaja
274:Нагу́рское
266:Nagurskoye
191:Nagurskoye
139:80°47′55″N
23:Nagurskoye
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548:Geography
430:4 January
425:rcinet.ca
404:4 January
329:(Coaler)
220:Direction
27:Нагурское
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844:Koldewey
839:Koetlitz
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398:BBC News
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819:Jackson
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606:History
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270:Russian
242:11,500
224:Length
208:Runways
72:Summary
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