Lake Ilirney (
Chukchi ''Элер-нэй'') is a group of two lakes 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 ...
,
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Russia
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. Lake
Tytyl lies 33 km to the east.
Etymology
The name originated in the
Chukchi word ''Eler-nei'', meaning "rocky island",
[Leontyev VV & Novikov KA, ''Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR''. Magadan Publishing House, Magadan 1989, p 148] after the island located in the middle of the northern lake (Verkhniy Ilirneygytgyn).
Geography
The lakes are located on the southern side 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
The Maly Anyuy (russian: Ма́лый Аню́й; ''maly'' meaning "little") is a river in the Kolyma basin in the Russian Far East. Most of the basin of the Maly Anyuy and its tributaries belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative r ...
, 20 km from
Ilirney town.
Dvukh Tsirkov, the highest peak of the range rises to the north of the lake.
River
Ilirneyveyem flows to the east of it. Archaeological remains of the
Neolithic
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have been found on the shores of the lake.
Southern Ilirney (Nizhniy Ilirneygytgyn) is a slightly larger lake located 8.5 km to the southwest of the northern lake. River Ilirneyveyem flows in and out of Southern Ilirney.
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
External links
Lake Ilirney pictures Illirney
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