The local area is known as the "land of fire and ice" due to the presence of volcanoes and glaciers.
[2] The site had eight three- to five-storey accommodation blocks, a headquarters building, a school, supermarket, post office, leisure centre (with space for orchestral performances), boilerhouse, stores warehouses and a refuelling facility.
[3] Bechevinka was featured in Robert Grenville's 2019 book Abandoned Cold War Places.
[3] In May 2020 the former naval base was selected as a site for a new liquified natural gas transhipment hub for Novatek.
It is intended to handle 20,000,000 long tons (20,000,000 t) of product per year, largely for the Asian export market.