Istikhed () or Ystiget ()Ozero Ystiget - Google Maps is a lake in Providensky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth

There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. Provideniya lies to the north and the Provideniya Bay Airport runway ends at the northern tip of the lake. The name of the lake derives from the English toponym "East Head," a mountain rising above the shore of the lake.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 Istikhed is a coastal lagoon of the Chukotka Peninsula, at the southeastern end of the Chukotka Mountains. It located by the eastern side of Providenya Bay and stretches roughly from NNE to SSW for almost . The northern section is narrow and the lake broadens towards its southern end, which is separated from Anadyr Bay to the south by a narrow pebbly landspit. The water is clear and the lake bottom is pebbly.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8

Lake Istikhed freezes in early October and stays under ice until mid-June. There are no rivers entering the lake. The lake water is used for the Providenya combined heat and power station.Новости. ГТРК «Чукотка» - Провиденский район. March 2023

Fauna There are two fish species in the waters of the lake, the Chukot char (Salvelinus andriashevi), an endemic char species only found in Istikhed, and the ninespine stickleback.И.А. Черешнев. Пресноводные рыбы Чукотки. — СВНЦ ДВО РАН. — Magadan, 2008. — С. 237. — 324 с. — ISBN 978-5-94729-086-8.Salvelinus andriashevi, Chukot char

Among the bird species wintering in the lakeshore, the eider, long-tailed duck, common murre and Bering cormorant deserve mention.Не все птицы улетают на юг

See also List of lakes of Russia

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On the spit of Ystiget | Series: Chukotka From a cycle: On the brink of the earth Виктор Калинкин, Красная планета