Pyakuto

Pyakuto
Пякуто
Pyakuto lake ONC map section.
Pyakuto
LocationPurovsky District
Coordinates63°36′N 73°52′E / 63.600°N 73.867°E / 63.600; 73.867
Lake typeThaw lake
Primary inflowsPyamaliakha
Primary outflowsPrungtoyagun
Catchment area278 square kilometres (107 sq mi)
Basin countriesRussia
Max. length8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi)
Max. width5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi)
Surface area32.9 square kilometres (12.7 sq mi)
Average depth380 metres (1,250 ft)
Max. depth13.5 metres (44 ft)
Surface elevation90.2 metres (296 ft)
IslandsNone

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

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.