Lake Itkul

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Itkul
lake Itkul
Itkul
Coordinates	56°05′N 60°18′E / 56.09°N 60.3°E / 56.09; 60.3 (Lake Itkul)
Primary inflows	Dolgaya, Shardatma, Zyuzelka, Karabayka, Kamenuchka
Primary outflows	Istok
Catchment area	154 km2 (0 sq mi)
Basin countries	Russia
Max. length	7 km (4.3 mi)
Max. width	5 km (3.1 mi)
Surface area	30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Average depth	7.8 m (26 ft)
Max. depth	16.6 m (54 ft)
Water volume	0.0234 km3 (0 cu mi)
Surface elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Frozen	November–May
Islands	1
Settlements	Verkhny Ufaley

Lake Itkul is situated in the north of the Chelyabinsk Oblast, 20 kilometers from the town of Verkhny Ufaley.^[1] Lake Itkul was declared a natural monument.

The lake is surrounded by low summits of the Ural Mountains, the highest of them being Karabayka (544 m) on the southwestern shore of Lake Itkul. Here in Lake Itkul small river flows Karabayka.