Serebryany Bor, Sakha Republic

silver forest; Yakut: Серебряный Бор) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) from Neryungri, the administrative center of the district,[2] on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, in the Aldan Highlands.

[3] It was founded due to the construction of the Neryungrinsky GRES coal-fired power plant.

[2] As a municipal division, the Settlement of Serebryany Bor is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Serebryany Bor Urban Settlement.

[4] Immediately to the east of the settlement, the Olongoro River (a tributary of the Aldan) is dammed to create a reservoir, providing water for the local thermal power plant.

A spur from the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline railway brings coal from the open-cut mine north-west of Neryungri.