# Istikhed

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{{short description|Lake of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug}}
{{Infobox lake
 | name = Istikhed
 | other_name = Истихед / Ыстигэт
 | image = Ystiged 2019-07-07-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
 | caption = [Sentinel-2](/source/Sentinel-2) image of the lake in June
 | image_bathymetry =
 | caption_bathymetry =
 | location = [Chukotka Autonomous Okrug](/source/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug)
 | coords = {{Coord|64|48|27|N|174|40|58|W|region:RU_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
 | pushpin_map =  Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 
 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [Chukotka Autonomous Okrug](/source/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug), [Russian Far East](/source/Russian_Far_East) 
 | type = [Coastal lagoon](/source/Coastal_lagoon)
 | inflow = 
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 | catchment =
 | basin_countries = Russia
 | length = {{Convert|9.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}
 | width = {{Convert|2.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
 | area = {{Convert|14.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
 | depth = 
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 | shore = 
 | elevation = 
 | islands = None
 | cities = 
}} 
'''Istikhed''' ({{Langx|ru|Истихед}}) or '''Ystiget''' ({{Langx|ru|Ыстигэт}})<ref name="GM">[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ozero+Ystiget/@64.3281609,-173.3707571,10336m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m12!1m5!3m4!2zNjTCsDQ3JzU0LjAiTiAxNzXCsDIyJzM3LjAiVw!8m2!3d64.7983333!4d-175.3769444!3m5!1s0x574f7a564d5c6917:0x3996858f8a85982f!8m2!3d64.3308911!4d-173.270949!16s%2Fg%2F1ptw6wvts?hl=en Ozero Ystiget - Google Maps]</ref> is a lake in [Providensky District](/source/Providensky_District), [Chukotka Autonomous Okrug](/source/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug), [Russian Federation](/source/Russian_Federation).<ref name="GЕ">[Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth)</ref> 

There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. [Provideniya](/source/Provideniya) lies {{Convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north and the [Provideniya Bay Airport](/source/Provideniya_Bay_Airport) runway ends at the northern tip of the lake.<ref name="GЕ"/><ref name="GM"/> The name of the lake derives from the English toponym "East Head," a mountain rising above the shore of the lake.<ref>Leontiev V.V. & Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'' / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. -[Magadan](/source/Magadan): Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989 . {{ISBN|5-7581-0044-7}}</ref> 

==Geography==
Istikhed is a [coastal lagoon](/source/coastal_lagoon) of the [Chukotka Peninsula](/source/Chukotka_Peninsula), at the southeastern end of the [Chukotka Mountains](/source/Chukotka_Mountains). It located by the eastern side of [Providenya Bay](/source/Providenya_Bay) and stretches roughly from NNE to SSW for almost {{Convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}}. The northern section is narrow and the lake broadens towards its southern end, which is separated from [Anadyr Bay](/source/Anadyr_Bay) to the south by a narrow pebbly [landspit](/source/landspit). The water is clear and the lake bottom is pebbly.<ref name="ONC">[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-8,_2nd_edition.jpg 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8]</ref>

Lake Istikhed freezes in early October and stays under ice until mid-June. There are no rivers entering the lake.<ref name="GЕ"/> The lake water is used for the Providenya [combined heat and power station](/source/combined_heat_and_power_station).<ref>[https://www.chukotken.ru/press/news76.html Новости. ГТРК «Чукотка» - Провиденский район. March 2023]</ref>

==Fauna== 
There are two fish species in the waters of the lake, the [Chukot char](/source/Chukot_char) ''(Salvelinus andriashevi)'', an endemic [char](/source/Salvelinus) species only found in Istikhed, and the [ninespine stickleback](/source/ninespine_stickleback).<ref>И.А. Черешнев. ''Пресноводные рыбы Чукотки.'' — СВНЦ ДВО РАН. — [Magadan](/source/Magadan), 2008. — С. 237. — 324 с. — ISBN 978-5-94729-086-8.</ref><ref>[https://www.fishbase.se/summary/48135 Salvelinus andriashevi, Chukot char]</ref>

Among the bird species wintering in the lakeshore, the [eider](/source/eider), [long-tailed duck](/source/long-tailed_duck), [common murre](/source/common_murre) and [Bering cormorant](/source/pelagic_cormorant) deserve mention.<ref>[https://www.ks87.ru/nauka-i-turizm/165/5276 Не все птицы улетают на юг]</ref>

==See also==
*[List of lakes of Russia](/source/List_of_lakes_of_Russia)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{commonscat inline}}
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/chudo1909/6927900003 On the spit of Ystiget | Series: Chukotka From a cycle: On the brink of the earth]
*[https://proza.ru/2011/07/02/684 Виктор Калинкин, ''Красная планета'']
Category:Lakes of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Category:Providensky District

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