Lake Tytyl Explained

Tytyl
Pushpin Map:Russia
Location:Bilibinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coords:67.35°N 192°W
Inflow:Tytylvaam, Tytliutin
Outflow:Tytylvaam
Basin Countries:Russia
Length:10km (10miles)
Width:4.3km (02.7miles)
Area:40.5km2
Elevation:485m (1,591feet)

Lake Tytyl (Ozero Tytyl) is a lake of Bilibinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Geography

The lake has a basin area of 912km2. River Tytylvaam flows from it.[1] It is located east of Lake Ilirney, at the feet of the southern slopes of the Ilirney Range, in the upper reaches of the Maly Anyuy River, 55 km from Ilirney village. Its name originated in the Chukchi word for "entrance gate".[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=270479 Russian State Water Register - Lake Tytyl
  2. Leontyev VV & Novikov KA, Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR. Magadan Publishing House, Magadan 1989, p 374