Oymyakon[a] is a rural locality (a selo) in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Tomtor on the Kolyma Highway. Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited human settlement on Earth. [4][5] Learn about the coldest places and events on Earth, from the natural record of −89.2 °C in Antarctica to the laboratory cooling of below 100 pK. Find out how temperature is measured and why it matters for quantum phenomena. The Earth has some of the most extreme climates on record. Here are 7 of the coldest places on Earth, where life and science push the limits of survival. What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night. Scientists made the discovery while analyzing the most detailed global surface temperature maps to date, developed with data from remote sensing satellites including the new Landsat 8, a joint project of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Ted Scambos ...
