Ekityki Lake
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| Location | Chukotka |
| Coordinates | 67°31′N 179°25′W / 67.517°N 179.417°WCoordinates: 67°31′N 179°25′W / 67.517°N 179.417°W |
| Native name | Озеро Экитыки (Russian) |
| 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) |
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.
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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