Egvekinot

Egvekinot (; Chukchi: , Èrvyḳynnot, lit. sharp, hard land) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Iultinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The population is .

Key facts

Russian urban type settlement.en_name: Egvekinot
Russian urban type settlement.ru_name: Эгвекинот
Russian urban type settlement.other_name: Эрвыӄыннот
Russian urban type settlement.other_lang: Chukchi
Russian urban type settlement.image_skyline: Egvekinot-large.jpg
Russian urban type settlement.image_caption: Double rainbow over Egvekinot
Russian urban type settlement.map_label_position: left
Russian urban type settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Russian urban type settlement.image_flag: Флаг_Эгвекинот_Иультинский_район.jpg
Russian urban type settlement.federal_subject: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Russian urban type settlement.adm_district_jur: Iultinsky District

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Geography
History
Administrative and municipal status
Transportation
Demographics
Culture and sights
Climate
See also
References
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Sources
External links

==Geography== Egvekinot, located on the coast of Kresta Bay (a part of the Bering Sea) at the foot of mountains some high, is a port settlement with a maximum depth of . It is located from Magadan, from Anadyr, and from Moscow.