Yanragytgyn (; ) is a freshwater lake in

Anadyr District Anadyrsky District (russian: Ана́дырский райо́н; Chukchi: , ''Kagyrgyn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #148-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the ce ...

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It has an area of . There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The name of the lake in Chukot means "a separate lake."Leontiev 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 .

Geography

Yanragytgyn lies close to the northern slopes 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 ...

, part 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 ...

. It is located southwest of lake Krasnoye and northwest of lake

Maynits Maynits (; ) is a freshwater lake in Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of almost . There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The name of the lake in Chukot is derived ...

. The lake is roughly pear-shaped and stretches roughly from north to south. The southern section includes a few small islands close to the shore.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8
/ref> Yanragytgyn lies in a swampy flat area of the southwestern part of the

Anadyr Lowland The Anadyr Lowlands (russian: Ана́дырская ни́зменность) are a low alluvial plain located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Geography The lowlands are crossed by the Anadyr River in the m ...

dotted with

thermokarst Thermokarst is a type of terrain characterised by very irregular surfaces of marshy hollows and small hummocks formed as ice-rich permafrost thaws. The land surface type occurs in Arctic areas, and on a smaller scale in mountainous areas such as ...

lakes. An unnamed tributary of the Chirynay of the

Velikaya The Velikaya () is a river in Novosokolnichesky District, Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky District, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky District, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky District, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky District, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky District, Pskov ...

basin, flows out of the southern lakeshore. The lake freezes in October and stays under ice until June.Chukotka Autonomous Okrug - Water of Russia
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Рыбалка на морях, реках и озерах Чукотки. (Fishing)
Lakes of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyrsky District {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub

Geography

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