Lake Tytyl

Lake in Russia

Lake Tytyl (Ozero Tytyl) is a lake of Bilibinsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Geography

The lake has a basin area of 912 km² (352 sq mi). River Tytylvaam flows from it.^[1] It is located east of Lake Ilirney, at the feet of the southern slopes of the Ilirney Range, in the upper reaches of the Maly Anyuy River, 55 km from Ilirney village. Its name originated in the Chukchi word for "entrance gate".^[2]

See also

• List of lakes of Russia

References

1. Russian State Water Register - Lake Tytyl
2. Leontyev VV & Novikov KA, Toponymic Dictionary of the Northeastern USSR. Magadan Publishing House, Magadan 1989, p 374