Lake Tytyl

Tytyl
Тытыль
Tytyl
Location Bilibinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates 67°21′N 169°23′E / 67.350°N 169.383°E / 67.350; 169.383Coordinates: 67°21′N 169°23′E / 67.350°N 169.383°E / 67.350; 169.383
Primary inflows Tytylvaam, Tytliutin
Primary outflows Tytylvaam
Basin countries Russia
Max. length 10 km (6.2 mi)
Max. width 4.3 km (2.7 mi)
Surface area 40.5 km2 (15.6 sq mi)
Surface elevation 485 m (1,591 ft)

Lake Tytyl (Ozero Tytyl) is a lake of Bilibinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Geography

The lake is located in the upper reaches of the Maly Anyuy River, 55 km from Ilirney village. Its name originated in the Chukchi word for "entrance gate".[1]

See also

References

  1. Leontyev VV & Novikov KA, Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR. Magadan Publishing House, Magadan 1989, p 374


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