a city (until 1951, a settlement), the center of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) National Okrug, Krasnoiarsk Krai, RSFSR. Population, 20,000 (1970). A port on the lower Enisei, open to oceangoing ships. Cargoes destined for the Noril’sk mining and metallurgical combine are received by the port, and nonferrous metals, coal, and ore are shipped out. A railroad branch 96 km long connects Dudinka with Noril’sk. The Messoiakha-Dudinka-Noril’sk gas main was laid through Dudinka in 1969. There is a fish-processing factory, a veterinary technicum, and a museum of local lore in Dudinka. The city arose as a wintering station in 1667.