Pychgynmygytgyn (Russian: Пычгынмыгытгын or Пичхинмыитхын; Chukot: Пэчгэнмыгытгын) is a freshwater lake in Providensky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.[1] It has an area of 13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi).[2]

There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The nearest inhabited place is Nutepelmen, located 97 km (60 mi) to the NNE.[1]

The name of the lake in Chukot means "a lake near a rock where food was obtained."[3]

Geography

Pychgynmygytgyn is located in the Chukotka Peninsula, 55 km (34 mi) southwest of Kolyuchin Bay. It is a V-shaped lake that lies in a wide intermontane basin of the central part of the Chukotka Mountains.[4]

River Eetikit flows into the western lakeshore and the 38 km (24 mi) long Kevyanvyveem flows out of Pychgynmygytgyn from the south.[1]

The lake freezes in the first half of September and stays under ice until June.[5]

Flora and fauna

Pychgynmygytgyn is surrounded by tundra. Arctic char is common in the lake. The Taranets char is also found in its waters.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Google Earth
  2. ^ "Озеро Пичхинмыитхын in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ Leontiev V.V. & Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. -Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989. ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
  4. ^ 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8
  5. ^ Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - Water of Russia
  6. ^ Occurrence of sympatric charr groups, Salvelinus, Salmonidae, in the lakes of Kamchatka: a legacy of the last glaciations: lacustrine Salvelinus
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