Chikoy National Park

Chikoy National Park
Чикой (Russian)
Chikoy National Park
Map showing the location of Chikoy National Park
Map showing the location of Chikoy National Park
Location of Park
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug
Nearest cityAnadyr
Coordinates49°46′N 110°18′E / 49.767°N 110.300°E / 49.767; 110.300
Area666,468 hectares (1,646,878 acres; 6,665 km2; 2,573 sq mi)
Established2014 (2014)
Governing bodyMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia)
Websitehttp://np-chikoi.ru/

Chikoy National Park (Russian: Чикой, национальный парк) was officially created in 2014, on the mountain-steppe border region of south-central Siberia and Mongolia. It is in the Krasnochikoysky District of the Zabaykalsky ("Trans-Baikal") administrative region of Russia. This places the park about 250 miles southeast of Lake Baikal, on the edge of the Lake Baikal ecoregion. The stated purpose for creating the park is the "preservation of unique natural complexes in the upper reaches of the river Chikoy".[1] While tourism and sport fishing will be encouraged, hunting and roads will be prohibited.[2][3]

Tributaries of the Selenga River, with the Chikoy River on the right, and location of Chikoy National Park
  1. ^ "Chikoy National Park (in Russian)". Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "Chikoy Sets Protection Against Poachers". BBC. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Chikoy National Park (in Russian)". Chikoy National Park. Retrieved September 26, 2019.