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
Озеро Джека Лондона (Russian)
Jack London Lake Location
Location	Yagodninsky District Magadan Oblast, Russia
Coordinates	62°04′49″N 149°31′43″E
Lake type	freshwater lake, ribbon lake
Primary inflows	Purga River
Primary outflows	Kyuyel-Sien → Kolyma River
Catchment area	221 km2 (85 sq mi)
Basin countries	Russia
Max. length	10 km (6.2 mi)
Max. width	2 km (1.2 mi)
Surface area	14.4 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Average depth	50 m (160 ft)
Surface elevation	803 m (2,635 ft)
Frozen	October to June
Islands	4

It was named in 1932 in honor of American writer, 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 (Russian: Остров Вера).^[4] The area of the lake is part of the Jack London Lake Nature Park, a protected area (national park).

View of Jack London Lake

See also

• List of lakes of Russia