Vakunayka

The Vakunayka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Chona, and is long, with a drainage basin of .

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River.name: Vakunayka
River.other_name: Вакунайка
River.image: Vakunayka 2019-08-29-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
River.image_caption: Confluence of the Chona and the Vakunayka Sentinel-2 image
River.pushpin_map: Russia Sakha Republic#Russia Irkutsk Oblast
River.pushpin_map_caption: Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
River.source1_location: Central Siberian Plateau
River.mouth: Chona
River.progression: Chona →
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Katangsky District, Irkutsk OblastMirninsky District, Yakutia

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The Vakunayka (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Chona, and is long, with a drainage basin of .

There are no permanent settlements by the Vakunayka. The Russian Geographical Society organized an expedition in 1853–55 to survey the orography, geology and population of the Vilyuy and Chona basins.