| Lena Cheeks | |
| Other Name: | Ленские щёки |
| Type: | Canyon |
| Photo Alt: | Shaman Rock, Shamanka, and a serge, left-hand side. |
| Map: | Russia#Russia Irkutsk Oblast |
| Location: | Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
| Coordinates: | 58.7106°N 110.8958°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
| Part Of: | Lena basin |
| Water Bodies: | Lena (river) |
| Length: | 3km (02miles) |
| Type: | --> |
The Lena Cheeks (Russian: Ленские щёки) is the name of a stretch of the Lena with peculiar rock formations in Kirensky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
This feature of the Lena basin is a tourist attraction regularly visited by river cruiser Mikhail Svetlov from Yakutsk.[2]
The Lena Cheeks area is a roughly 3km (02miles) canyon bound by cliffs where there are three characteristic rock formations known as "Cheeks". They are located between the mouths of the Ichera and the Chuya, 172km (107miles) upstream from the mouth of the Vitim and 6km (04miles) downstream from the abandoned village of Chastykh.
The rocks are called First, Second and Third cheek, the latter being the furthest downstream. The First and Third cheeks rise above the right bank, and the Second above the left bank.[3]
The Cheeks of the Lena were described by 19th century travelers: