Romer Lake is located at the western end of the Crown Prince Christian Land peninsula to the west of the Princess Elizabeth Alps. It lies in long and narrow depression running parallel to the Denmark Fjord system further north and stretching roughly from NE to SW for about 80 km (50 mi). A glacier has its terminus at the northern end and the Nunataami Elv river valley flows out of the southern end of the lake and, bending south through the valley known as Vandredalen,[2] it discharges its waters in the northern inner arm of the Ingolf Sound of the Greenland Sea.[3]
Romer Lake is famous for its impressive Elephant Foot Glacier, a wide piedmont glacier with a strikingly-shaped 5.4 kilometres (3 mi) wide terminal lobe flowing into the lake from the SE in its central part.[1][4]
View of the Elephant Foot end moraine at Romer Lake.
NASA picture of the southern part of Romer Lake with the Elephant Foot Glacier.
romer, lake, danish, romer, land, locked, freshwater, fjord, northern, king, frederick, viii, land, near, greenland, northeastern, coast, danish, military, base, weather, station, nord, only, inhabited, place, area, lies, northeast, lake, surroundings, part, n. Romer Lake Danish Romer So is a land locked freshwater fjord at the northern end of King Frederick VIII Land near Greenland s northeastern coast 1 The Danish military base weather station Nord the only inhabited place in the area lies 50 km 31 mi to the northeast The lake and its surroundings are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone Romer LakeRomer SoRomer Lake Sentinel 2 imageRomer LakeLocation in GreenlandLocationNE GreenlandCoordinates81 0 N 19 5 W 81 000 N 19 083 W 81 000 19 083TypeFjordPrimary outflowsNunataami ElvOcean sea sourcesIngolf Sound Greenland SeaBasin countriesGreenland DenmarkMax length60 km 37 mi Max width6 km 3 7 mi Surface area225 km2 87 sq mi Romer Lake was first mapped in 1933 by Lauge Koch during aerial surveys made during the 1931 34 Three year Expedition to East Greenland Trearsekspeditionen It was likely named after the Danish Astronomer Inventor Ole Romer 1644 1710 2 Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Elephant Foot Glacier 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksGeography editRomer Lake is located at the western end of the Crown Prince Christian Land peninsula to the west of the Princess Elizabeth Alps It lies in long and narrow depression running parallel to the Denmark Fjord system further north and stretching roughly from NE to SW for about 80 km 50 mi A glacier has its terminus at the northern end and the Nunataami Elv river valley flows out of the southern end of the lake and bending south through the valley known as Vandredalen 2 it discharges its waters in the northern inner arm of the Ingolf Sound of the Greenland Sea 3 Elephant Foot Glacier edit See also Glaciers on Mars Romer Lake is famous for its impressive Elephant Foot Glacier a wide piedmont glacier with a strikingly shaped 5 4 kilometres 3 mi wide terminal lobe flowing into the lake from the SE in its central part 1 4 nbsp View of the Elephant Foot end moraine at Romer Lake nbsp NASA picture of the southern part of Romer Lake with the Elephant Foot Glacier See also editList of fjords of GreenlandReferences edit a b GoogleEarth a b Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland Geological Survey of Denmark Retrieved 17 June 2016 Romer So Mapcarta Retrieved 16 June 2016 Elephant Foot Glacier Amusing PlanetExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Romer Lake at Wikimedia Commons Report of environmental operation Lead Dog 1960 US Army Transportation Corps Encyclopedia Arctica nbsp This Greenland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Romer Lake amp oldid 1177584965, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
