Eyik (lake) explained

Eyik
Other Name:Эйик / Ээйик
Location:Sakha Republic, Russia
Coords:66°N 141°W
Pushpin Map:Russia Sakha Republic
Outflow:Unnamed Tyukyan tributary
Basin Countries:Russia
Length:5.7km (03.5miles)
Width:6.3km (03.9miles)
Area:23km2
Elevation:310m (1,020feet)
Islands:Yes
Frozen:September / October to June

Eyik (Russian: Эйик; Yakut: Ээйик, Eeyik) is a lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the largest lake in Olenyoksky District.[1]

Lake Eyik provides a habitat for the Siberian Crane, a Critically Endangered species.

Geography

Eyik is located in the eastern part of the Central Siberian Plateau. Located at southern end of Olenyoksky District. Eyik village lies near the northern lakeside.[2]

Lake Eyik is almost round in shape. There are a few small islands in the southwestern area of the lake, not far from the shoreline. The outflow of the lake is a left tributary of the Tyukyan, a river of the Lena basin, flowing from the southern shore in a southeastern direction.[1] The sources of river Tyukyan are in a large wooded swamp to the west of the lake.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Топографска карта Q-49 50; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian). 5 May 2022.
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/AsRDBPDFs/species/grusleuc.pdf Threatened Birds of Asia: - BirdLife International