Ukukit
| Ukukit Укукит | |
|---|---|
Course of the Ukukit ONC map section | |
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia Ukukit (Russia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Federal subject | Yakutia |
| District | Olenyoksky District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Central Siberian Plateau |
| • coordinates | 68°43′31″N 114°07′50″E / 68.72528°N 114.13056°E |
| • elevation | 272 m (892 ft) |
| Mouth | Olenyok |
• coordinates | 69°32′29″N 118°11′05″E / 69.54139°N 118.18472°E |
• elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Length | 347 km (216 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Olenyok→Laptev Sea |
The Ukukit (Russian: Укукит) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of 347 kilometres (216 mi). Its drainage basin area is 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 mi2).
The river flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements. In the 1980s kimberlite dikes were discovered by geologists in the basin of the Ukukit.