Jack London Lake

Jack London Lake (Russian: Озеро Джека Лондона, romanized: Ozero Dzheka Londona) is a 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) mountain lake located in the Yagodninsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia.[1]

Jack London Lake
Jack London Lake
Location
LocationYagodninsky District
Magadan Oblast, Russia
Coordinates62°04′49″N 149°31′43″E
Lake typefreshwater lake, ribbon lake
Native nameОзеро Джека Лондона  (Russian)
Primary inflowsPurga River
Primary outflowsKyuyel-Sien
Kolyma River
Catchment area221 km2 (85 sq mi)
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length10 km (6.2 mi)
Max. width2 km (1.2 mi)
Surface area14.4 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Average depth50 m (160 ft)
Surface elevation803 m (2,635 ft)
FrozenOctober to June
Islands4

It was named in 1932 after American author, journalist and socialist activist Jack London by Russian geologist P. Skornyakov, following the wish of Yuri Bilibin, the head of the first geological expedition to Kolyma, who had expressed the idea to name one of the yet unnamed geographical locations in the Far Northeast after the writer.[2]

Geography

The lake lies 803 metres (2,635 ft) above sea level between the Angachak Range (Russian: Ангачак) to the west and the Uaza-Ina to the east, on the upper reaches of the Kolyma basin. The outflow is the Kiuyel-Sien, a Kolyma River tributary.[3]

The lake contains four islands. There is a weather station on Vera Island.[4] The area of the lake is part of the Jack London Lake Nature Park, a protected area.

View of Jack London Lake

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