Pyakuto

Pyakuto (Russian: Пякуто) is a freshwater lake in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.^[1][2] The name of the lake originated in the Forest Nenets language.^[3]

Pyakuto
Пякуто
Pyakuto lake ONC map section.
Pyakuto Location in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Location	Purovsky District
Coordinates	63°36′N 73°52′E
Lake type	Thaw lake
Primary inflows	Pyamaliakha
Primary outflows	Prungtoyagun
Catchment area	278 square kilometres (107 sq mi)
Basin countries	Russia
Max. length	8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi)
Max. width	5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi)
Surface area	32.9 square kilometres (12.7 sq mi)
Average depth	380 metres (1,250 ft)
Max. depth	13.5 metres (44 ft)
Surface elevation	90.2 metres (296 ft)
Islands	None

The lake lies below the Arctic Circle in an area of permafrost. Its shores are low and swampy. There is a winter road passing across the lake.^[4]

Geography

Pyakuto is a lake of thermokarst origin having a roughly round shape with a deep indentation in the western shore. The lake is located in the Purovsky District, at the southern end of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southwest of Muravlenko. The 62 kilometres (39 mi) long Pyamaliakha flows into the lake and the 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long Prungtoyagun flows out of it.^[2][1]

Flora and fauna

On the eastern shore there is tundra moss vegetation and on the northern coniferous forest.^[4] Among the fish species found in the lake, peled and humpback whitefish deserve mention.^[5][6]

See also

• List of lakes of Russia