Yrytkuč'yn

Yrytkuč'yn lies near the southern shore of Chaun Bay, where rivers reach the East Siberian Sea through a low tundra landscape. The name of the nearby Rytkuchi River has been translated as a shooter and linked to a remembered battle between Chukchi and mounted strangers. Reindeer herders moved across the surrounding country, whose rivers and marshes freeze during the long Arctic winter.