Lake Ekityki () is a lake in
Iultinsky District
Iultinsky District (; Chukchi language, Chukchi: , ''Ivyltin rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #149-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Ru ...
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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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Russian Federation
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Geography
The lake lies in the
Chukotka Mountains
The Chukotka Mountains () or Chukotka Upland (), is a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[Ekityki River
The Ekityki () is a stream located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka, in Far East Siberia. It belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
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flows through and it belongs to its basin.
The shape of the Ekityki Lake is long and narrow. It is oriented from east to west and is long with an average width of . The
Ekityk Range stretches above the northern shore. Like all lakes of the tundra, it is frozen for the greatest part of the year.
Lake
Ervynaygytgyn
Ervynaygytgyn (; ) is a freshwater lake in Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of about ().
There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake.
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lies about to the southwest.
Fauna
Lake Ekityki is the only location in the whole
Eurasian continent
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where the
Pygmy whitefish is found.
Prosopium coulterii
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See also
*List of lakes of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:
* Achchyon (Аччён)
* Akush (Акуш)
* Arakhley (Арахле́й)
* Astrodym (Астродым)
* Baikal (Байкал)
* Bakhmatovskoye (Бахматовское)
* Baunt (Баунт)
* Ba ...
References
External links
Озеро Экитыки
Picture
Tourism and Environmental data
Lakes of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Mountains
Iultinsky District
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