Yanranaygytgyn

Not to be confused with Yanragytgyn.
Yanranaygytgyn
Янранайгытгын
Sentinel-2 image of the lake in July
Yanranaygytgyn is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Yanranaygytgyn
Yanranaygytgyn
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates67°57′15″N 178°18′37″W / 67.95417°N 178.31028°W / 67.95417; -178.31028
TypeOligotrophic
Primary outflowsUnnamed
Catchment area75.9 km2 (29.3 sq mi)
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length6.2 km (3.9 mi)
Max. width2.6 km (1.6 mi)
Surface areaca 10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Surface elevation304 m (997 ft)
Islands3

Yanranaygytgyn (Russian: Янранайгытгын; Chukot: Янранайгытгын) is a freshwater lake in Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.[1] It has an area of 10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi) and a catchment area of 75.9 km2 (29.3 sq mi).[2]

There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake.[1]

The name of the lake in Chukot means "a lake near a separate mountain."[3]

Geography

Yanranaygytgyn is located in the Chukotka Mountains, 35 km (22 mi) to the south of Ervynaygytgyn. The lake has a roughly triangular shape and there are three islands in the middle. The southern shore is indented and the lake narrows towards its northern end.[4]

Yanranaygytgyn lies in an area of lakes at the northern edge of the Amguema Valley. It is the largest of the cluster, together with lake Kontalyagytgyn that lies 5 km (3.1 mi) to the southwest. An unnamed river, a small tributary of the Amguema, flows out of the lake from the northern end. Yanranaygytgyn freezes in mid-September and stays under ice until June.[5]

Flora and fauna

Yanranaygytgyn is surrounded by tundra. Arctic char is common in the waters of the lake.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Google Earth
  2. ^ "Озеро Янранайгытгын in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ Leontiev V.V. & Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. -Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989 . ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
  4. ^ 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8
  5. ^ Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - Water of Russia
  6. ^ Travel and flyfishing in the Russian Far East