Numto

Numto (Russian: Нумто) is a freshwater lake in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

[1][2] The village of Numto, part of the Kazym rural settlement, is located at the southwestern of the lake by its shore.

[4] The lake is part of an integrated 597,189.5 hectares (1,475,687 acres) protected area which was established in 1997 in Beloyarsky District[5] and which is complemented by the Numto Natural Park in adjacent Nadymsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to the north.

There is a small heart-shaped island near the western end of the lake that is a sacred place in local shamanism.

The area of the lake is covered with sparse larch taiga and swamps.

Khanty children and reindeer sledge by lake Numto.
Khanty group in front of a chum near lake Numto.