Ekityki Lake
The Ekityki Lake (Russian: Озеро Экитыки; Ozero Ekityki) is a lake in the Chukotka Mountains, in the Siberian Far East. It belongs to the Ekityki river basin and the Ekityki River flows through it.
| Ekityki Lake | |
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 Location of the Ekityki Lake | |
  Ekityki Lake | |
| Location | Chukotka |
| Coordinates | 67°31′N 179°25′W |
| Native name | Озеро Экитыки |
| Primary inflows | Ekityki River |
| Primary outflows | Ekityki River |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Max. length | 21 kilometres (13 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) |
Geography
The shape of the Ekityki Lake is long and narrow (21 kilometres (13 mi) in length and an average of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in width). Like all lakes of the tundra, it is frozen for the greatest part of the year.[1]
Lake Ekityki is the only location in the whole Eurasian continent where the Pygmy whitefish is found.[2]
This lake and the whole Ekityki river basin belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia.
Defense Mapping Agency topographical map of the Chukchi Sea, 1973
See also
References
- "Ozero Ekityki". Mapcarta. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- Prosopium coulterii
External links
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