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.
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]