Lake Tytyl (''Ozero Tytyl'') is a lake of
Bilibinsky District
Bilibinsky District (russian: Били́бинский райо́н; , ''Bilibinkèn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #43-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the west ...
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Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Russia
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Geography
The lake has a basin area of . River
Tytylvaam flows from it.
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/ref> It is located east of Lake Ilirney, at the feet of the southern slopes of the Ilirney Range
The Ilirney Range (russian: Илирнейский кряж) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the centr ...
, in the upper reaches of the Maly Anyuy River, 55 km from Ilirney village. Its name originated in the Chukchi word for "entrance gate".[Leontyev VV & Novikov KA, ''Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR''. Magadan Publishing House, Magadan 1989, p 374]
See also
*List of lakes of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:
* Arakhley (Арахле́й)
*Baikal (Байкал)
* Baunt (Баунт)
* Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое)
* Beloye, Vologda Oblast (Белое)
*Bokon (Бокон)
* Bolshoye Morskoye (Боль ...
References
Tytyl
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