The Chantalvergyrgyn (),Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ , Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 423 also called the Chantalveergyn, is a stream located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The name of the river in Chukot means “crossing the path to the Chaunts."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: Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989 .
Geography The Chantalvergyrgyn flows roughly northeastwards in its upper course, limiting the western side of the Chantal Range of the Chukotka Mountains, just south of Iskhodnaya. Its source is very close to the Arctic Circle. Further down its course it bends and heads eastwards into the Ekityki from its left side.Wielka Encyklopedia Gór i Alpinizmu, tom 2 Góry Azji, Katowice: Wydawnictwo STAPIS, 2005, .
The river passes through sparsely populated areas. Winters in its area are long and bitter. The river surface remains frozen for over eight months. It usually freezes in Early October and stays under ice until June.
Fauna Salmon, whitefish, vendace, grayling, rainbow herring, pike, burbot, bull trout, and loach are common in the Chantalvergyrgyn waters.
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