Lake Pekulney (russian: Пекульнейское озеро) is a lake of

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. The lake has a basin area of which makes it the second largest lake in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug after Lake Krasnoye, and the 27th largest in area in Russia. There are commercial fisheries of

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in the lake. The

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is a

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named after the small river flowing into the lake at the head of its northeastern bay.Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. ''Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic'', p. 130

Geography

Lake Pekulney is a

coastal lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...

separated from the sea by a narrow spit at its southern end. It is roughly Y-shaped with Pekulveyem Bay in the northwest and Kakanaut Bay in the northeast. The Mayn Channel flows from it in the south connecting it with the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ...

.Russian State Water Register - Main River
/ref> Pekulney Lake is connected by channels with neighboring

Lake Vaamochka A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

to the west. The village of Meynypilgyno is located between both lakes, to the southwest of Lake Pekulney. The inner part of the lake has a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

-like structure, with the mountains of the

Ukvushvuynen Range The Ukvushvuynen Range (russian: горы Уквушвуйнен; zh, 乌克武什武伊年山), also known as Meingypilgyn Range (russian: Мэйнгыпильгынский хребет), is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, R ...

, one of the foothills of the

Koryak Mountains The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands () are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast. The highest point in the system is the Mou ...

rising steeply from the shores of the lake's northern end, while the coast of the southern part is smooth and low. The banks are covered with

tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless moun ...

vegetation.''Pekulneiskoe Lake'' //

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in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.Russian State Water Register - Lagoon - Lake Pekulney
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Pekulney Lake
(in Russian) Pekulney Pekulney {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub

Geography

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