Bolshoye Tokko
lake in Russia
The Bolshoye Tokko (Russian: Большое Токко) is a lake in Sakha, Russia. It has a surface of 82.6 square kilometres (31+7⁄8 square miles) and a catchment area of 919 square kilometres (355 square miles). Its outflow is the Mulam river, part the Uchur River basin. The lake is located in the Aldan Highlands, on the border of Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai. River Utuk flows into the lake from the Toko-Stanovik subrange of the Stanovoy Highlands. It is the deepest lake in Yakutia.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1115680. Authority coordinates are 56.056, 130.886. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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