Tigil (river)

Tigil
Map
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthSea of Okhotsk
 • location
Shelikhov Gulf
 • coordinates
58°01′30″N 158°12′31″E / 58.02500°N 158.20861°E / 58.02500; 158.20861
Length300 km (190 mi)
Basin size17,800 km2 (6,900 sq mi)

The Tigil (Russian: Тигиль) is a river on the western side of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is 300 kilometres (190 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 17,800 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).[1] The Cossack Luka Morozko was the first European to reach it in 1696.[2] The village Tigil lies on the river Tigil.

  1. ^ "Река Тигиль (Большой Тигиль) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ Lantzeff, George V., and Richard A. Pierce (1973). Eastward to Empire: Exploration and Conquest on the Russian Open Frontier, to 1750. Montreal: McGill-Queen's U.P.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)