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]

Pychgynmygytgyn
Пычгынмыгытгын / Пэчгэнмыгытгын
Lake Pychgynmygytgyn Sentinel-2 image
Pychgynmygytgyn is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Pychgynmygytgyn
Pychgynmygytgyn
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates66°12′12″N 175°41′46″W / 66.20333°N 175.69611°W / 66.20333; -175.69611
TypeOligotrophic
Primary inflowsEetikit
Primary outflowsKevyanvyveem
Catchment area366 km2 (141 sq mi)
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length8 km (5.0 mi)
Max. width2.4 km (1.5 mi)
Surface area13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Surface elevation110 m (360 ft)
IslandsNone

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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  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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