Lake Pekulney () is a lake of

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. The lake has a basin area of which makes it the second largest lake in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug after Lake Krasnoye, and the 27th largest in area in Russia. There are commercial fisheries of

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in the lake. The

Kakanaut Formation The Kakanaut Formation is a geological formation in Siberia, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.593-600 The ...

is a

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named after the small river flowing into the lake at the head of its northeastern bay.Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. ''Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic'', p. 130

Geography

Lake Pekulney is a

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separated from the sea by a narrow spit at its southern end. It is roughly Y-shaped with Pekulveyem Bay in the northwest and Kakanaut Bay in the northeast. The Mayn Channel flows from it in the south connecting it with the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea ( , ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre, p=ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasse ...

.Russian State Water Register - Main River
/ref> Pekulney Lake is connected by channels with neighboring

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to the west. The village of Meynypilgyno is located between both lakes, to the southwest of Lake Pekulney. The inner part of the lake has a

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-like structure, with the mountains of the Ukvushvuynen Range, one of the foothills of the

Koryak Mountains The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands () are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast. The highest point in the system is the M ...

rising steeply from the shores of the lake's northern end, while the coast of the southern part is smooth and low. The banks are covered with

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vegetation.''Pekulneiskoe Lake'' //

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in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.Russian State Water Register - Lagoon - Lake Pekulney
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Pekulney Lake
(in Russian) Pekulney Pekulney Anadyrsky District {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub

Geography

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