Ryrkaypiy

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Ryrkaypiy is a rural locality (a selo just to the west of Mys Shmidta in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

Municipally, Ryrkaypiy is incorporated as Ryrkaypiy Rural Settlement.The village is a small settlement, population as of 2003: 324, most of whom are of Chukchi descent.

The name of the village means "Place of the Walrus" in Chukchi,, or "Walrus Jam",to convey the meaning that there are regularly large numbers of Walrus in the vicinity.

Unsurprisingly, marine hunting has traditionally been a key source of food and employment for the local indigenous people.