Melinka

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Melinka
Isla Melinca

Aerial view of Melinka
Location in Chile
Melinka
Location in Chile
Coordinates: 43°53′52″S 73°44′38″W / 43.89778°S 73.74389°W / -43.89778; -73.74389Coordinates: 43°53′52″S 73°44′38″W / 43.89778°S 73.74389°W / -43.89778; -73.74389
Region Aisén
Province Aisén
Commune Guaitecas
Government
  Alcalde Luis Antonio Miranda Chiguay
Population (2002 census )
  Total 1,411
Time zone Chilean Standard (UTC−04:00)
  Summer (DST) Chilean Daylight (UTC−03:00)
Area code(s) Country + town = 56 + ?

Melinka is a Chilean town in Aysén Province, Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. It is located in the Ascención Island and is the administrative center of the commune of Guaitecas since 1979. The settlement is named after the wife of the Lithuanian immigrant, F. A. Westhoff, who settled in the area when it was still part of Chiloé Province. According to a local legend the word melinka comes from Russian and means lovely. In fact, there is the Russian archaic colloquialism милёнка (transl. milyonka) which means "lovely"[1] and "миленькая" (transl. milen'kaya) which is a feminine adjective for "lovely", "darling".[2]

Climate

Melinka has a wet oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb).

Climate data for Melinka
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 17.4
(63.3)
17.2
(63)
15.9
(60.6)
13.6
(56.5)
11.3
(52.3)
10.1
(50.2)
10.0
(50)
10.0
(50)
10.9
(51.6)
13.2
(55.8)
13.8
(56.8)
15.7
(60.3)
13.3
(55.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.3
(55.9)
13.2
(55.8)
12.0
(53.6)
10.4
(50.7)
8.8
(47.8)
7.7
(45.9)
7.6
(45.7)
7.3
(45.1)
7.8
(46)
9.5
(49.1)
10.3
(50.5)
12.0
(53.6)
10.0
(50)
Average low °C (°F) 9.6
(49.3)
9.5
(49.1)
8.7
(47.7)
7.4
(45.3)
6.0
(42.8)
5.0
(41)
5.0
(41)
4.6
(40.3)
4.8
(40.6)
6.1
(43)
7.0
(44.6)
8.5
(47.3)
6.9
(44.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 152.2
(5.992)
168.2
(6.622)
216.8
(8.535)
270.1
(10.634)
349.4
(13.756)
367.8
(14.48)
382.5
(15.059)
325.2
(12.803)
256.9
(10.114)
191.6
(7.543)
247.0
(9.724)
246.0
(9.685)
3,137.7
(123.531)
Source: Bioclimatografia de Chile[3]

See also

References

  1. Толковый словарь русского языка - Милёнок (in Russian). 1937. Retrieved 2013-02-12. милёнка, м. (простореч.).
  2. ABBYY Lingvo dictionary
  3. Hajek, Ernst; Castri, Francesco (1975). "Bioclimatografia de Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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