Lake Yessey
{{Short description|Freshwater arctic lake in Russia}}
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|name = Lake Yessey
Ессей
|image = Lake Yessey NASA.jpg
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|location = Yessey, Krasnoyarsk Krai, north-central Russia
|pushpin_map= Russia#Russia Krasnoyarsk Krai
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|outflow = Unnamed left tributary of the Kotuy
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|basin_countries = Russia
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|area = {{Convert|238|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
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Lake Yessey ({{Langx|ru|Ессе́й}}) is a large freshwater arctic lake in Evenkiysky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, north-central part of Russia.
The lake is located in the Central Siberian Plateau, to the west of the course of the Kotuy river. A tributary of the Kotuy flows out of the southern end of the lake.[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-5%2C_2nd_edition.jpg Operational Navigation Chart - C-5] It has an area of {{Convert|238|km2|abbr=on}}.
Fauna
The lake is rich in fish.{{cite journal |last1=Ekaterina M. |first1=Kuznetsova |title=Ethnocultural Portrait of Russia: The Yessey Yakuts. The Life by the Lake (History and Culture of an Ethnic Group) |journal=Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences |date=April 2018 |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=561–569 |doi=10.17516/2F1997-1370-0232 |url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/ethnocultural-portrait-of-russia-the-yessey-yakuts-the-life-by-the-lake-history-and-culture-of-an-ethnic-group/viewer |access-date=9 December 2023}} The endangered Lake Yessey charr (Salvelinus tolmachoffi), is found in the waters of the lake.[https://www.fishbase.se/summary/47721 Salvelinus tolmachoffi Berg, 1926] FishBase[http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/169589/0 IUCN - Salvelinus tolmachoffi]