Lake Pekulney

Lake Pekulney
Пекульнейское озеро (Russian)
Lake Pekulney is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Lake Pekulney
Lake Pekulney
LocationAnadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates62°38′N 177°11′E / 62.633°N 177.183°E / 62.633; 177.183
Primary inflowsPekulveyem, Kakanaut and Kavtayo
Primary outflowsMain Channel
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length34 km (21 mi)
Max. width21 km (13 mi)
Surface area435 km2 (168 sq mi)
Max. depth10 m (33 ft)
Surface elevation0.7 m (2 ft 4 in)

Lake Pekulney (Russian: Пекульнейское озеро) is a lake of Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The lake has a basin area of 435 km2 (168 sq mi) which makes it the second largest lake in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug after Lake Krasnoye, and the 27th largest in area in Russia.[1]

There are commercial fisheries of sockeye salmon in the lake.

The Kakanaut Formation is a geological formation named after the small river flowing into the lake at the head of its northeastern bay.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ЭСБЕ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic, p. 130