Ilirney (
Chukchi ''Элер-нэй'') is a group of two lakes in
Bilibinsky District
Bilibinsky District (; , ''Bilibinkèn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #43-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the west of the autonomous okrug and borders with Chau ...
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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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Russia
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Archaeological remains of the
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
have been found on the shores of the lake.
Etymology
The name originated in the
Chukchi word ''Eler-nei'', meaning "rocky island",
[Leontyev VV & Novikov KA, ''Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR''. Magadan Publishing House, Magadan 1989, p 148] after the island located in the middle of the northern lake (Verkhniy Ilirneygytgyn).
Geography
The lakes are located on the southern side of the
Ilirney Range
The Ilirney Range () is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the central area of the range. Bilibino is loca ...
in the upper reaches of the
Maly Anyuy River
The Maly Anyuy (; ''maly'' meaning "little") is a river in the Kolyma (river), Kolyma basin in the Russian Far East. Most of the basin of the Maly Anyuy and its tributaries belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia.
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, 20 km from
Ilirney
Ilirney (; Chukchi: , ''Iḷirňèj'', lit. ''mountain island'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located southeast of Bilibino, on the banks of the Maly Anyuy River. The population of ...
town.
Dvukh Tsirkov, the highest peak of the range rises to the north of the lake.
River
Ilirneyveyem flows to the east of it.
Southern Ilirney (Nizhniy Ilirneygytgyn) is a slightly larger lake located 8.5 km to the southwest of the northern lake. River Ilirneyveyem flows in and out of Southern Ilirney. Lake
Tytyl lies 33 km to the east.
See also
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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
Lake Ilirney pictures
Ilirney
Ilirney (; Chukchi: , ''Iḷirňèj'', lit. ''mountain island'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located southeast of Bilibino, on the banks of the Maly Anyuy River. The population of ...
Bilibinsky District
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