What is "uelkal"

Uelkal (; Yupik: валъкалык, lit. Whale Jaw) is a village ( selo) in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: a slight reduction on a 2003 estimate of 258, of whom 208 were indigenous people, which itself showed a slight increase, up from 202 the previous year. The village is located approximately away from the administrative centre of Egvekinot, at the western side of the mouth of Kresta Bay. Municipally, Uelkal is subordinated to Iultinsky Administrative District and incorporated as Uelkal Rural Settlement.