Yanranaygytgyn
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{{short description|Lake of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug}}
{{Infobox lake
| name = Yanranaygytgyn
| other_name = Янранайгытгын
| image = Yanranaygytgyn 2019-07-09-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
| caption = Sentinel-2 image of the lake in July
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| location = Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
| coords = {{Coord|67|57|15|N|178|18|37|W|region:RU_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East
| type = Oligotrophic
| inflow =
| outflow = Unnamed
| catchment = {{Convert|75.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| basin_countries = Russia
| length = {{Convert|6.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| width = {{Convert|2.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| area = ca {{Convert|10.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
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| elevation = {{Convert|304|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| islands = 3
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Yanranaygytgyn ({{Langx|ru|Янранайгытгын}}; {{Langx|ckt|Янранайгытгын}}) is a freshwater lake in Iultinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of {{Convert|10.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and a catchment area of {{Convert|75.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.{{GVR|273345|Озеро Янранайгытгын}}
There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake.
The name of the lake in Chukot means "a lake near a separate mountain."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}}
Geography
Yanranaygytgyn is located in the Chukotka Mountains, {{Convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south of Ervynaygytgyn. The lake has a roughly triangular shape and there are three islands in the middle. The southern shore is indented and the lake narrows towards its northern end.[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-8,_2nd_edition.jpg 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8]
Yanranaygytgyn lies in an area of lakes at the northern edge of the Amguema Valley. It is the largest of the cluster, together with lake Kontalyagytgyn that lies {{Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest. An unnamed river, a small tributary of the Amguema, flows out of the lake from the northern end. Yanranaygytgyn freezes in mid-September and stays under ice until June.[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8/2588/%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - Water of Russia]
Flora and fauna
Yanranaygytgyn is surrounded by tundra. Arctic char is common in the waters of the lake.[https://xapuyc.ru/zones_e.htm Travel and flyfishing in the Russian Far East]
See also
References
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External links
- [https://diala.ru/thread-944-1-1.html Рыбалка на морях, реках и озерах Чукотки. (Fishing)]