Lake Pekulney

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Lake Pekulney 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. 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.

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