Koynygytgyn ( Koynatkhun [2] ) - a lake in the Far East of Russia , on the territory of the Iultinsky district of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug . The catchment area is 3180 [2] km². Altitude - 0.5 [3] m.
| Lake | |
| Koynygytgyn | |
|---|---|
| chuck. Koyӈygytgyn | |
| Morphometry | |
| Absolute height | 0.5 m |
| Dimensions | 11.5 × 6 km |
| Area | 53.5 km² |
| Hydrology | |
| Type of mineralization | fresh |
| Swimming pool | |
| Pool area | 3180 km² |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| Area | Iultinsky district |
| Identifiers | |
| GVR : | |
By the area of the water mirror (53.5 km²), Koynygytgyn takes the sixth place in Chukotka and the 233rd among the lakes of Russia.
The 180th meridian passes through Koynygytgyn, thus the smaller part of the lake is located in the Eastern Hemisphere, and the larger - in the Western.
Content
- 1 Hydronym
- 2 Hydrography
- 3 notes
- 4 Topographic maps
Hydronym
Likely translation of the name from Chukot. Koygygytgyn - “a lake where there are many whirlpools” [4] .
Hydrography
The lake is located off the coast of the Anadyr Gulf of the Bering Sea, surrounded by sedge-cannon swamps of the Anadyr Lowland . The Tyneveem river flows through the lake [ specify ] , and several small rivers and streams flow into it. The coastline is smooth, almost no bays and bays are formed. In the central part of the reservoir is located the relatively large island of Ptichiy , connected by a narrow scythe with the southern coast.
Nutrition of the lake is snow and rain [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 19. Northeast / ed. Yu. N. Komarnitskaya. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966 .-- 602 p.
- ↑ 1 2 State Water Register . Coinathun . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Map sheet Q-1-XXV, XXVI . Scale: 1: 200,000. Status of the area for 1969. 1987 edition
- ↑ Leontyev 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 .-- S. 197. - 456 p. - 15,000 copies. - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7 .
- ↑ Koinathun . - An article from the popular science encyclopedia Water of Russia.
Topographic maps
- Map sheet Q-1-XIX, XX . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .
- Map sheet Q-60-XXIII, XXIV . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .
- Map sheet Q-60-XXIX, XXX . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .
- Map sheet Q-1-XXV, XXVI . Scale: 1: 200,000. Status of the area for 1969. 1987 edition
- Map sheet Q-59.60 . Scale: 1: 1,000,000. 1988 edition.