Femmilsjøen
Appearance
Femmilsjøen | |
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Location | Svalbard |
Coordinates | 79°47′16″N 15°51′01″E / 79.7879°N 15.8503°E |
Type | natural freshwater lake |
Catchment area | 304.4 km2 (117.5 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Norway |
Max. length | 7.6 km (4.7 mi) |
Max. width | 1.3 km (0.81 mi) |
Surface area | 7.56 km2 (2.92 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 110 m (360 ft) |
Surface elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
Frozen | part of year; a glacier permanently covers its eastern end |
Femmilsjøen is a lake in Ny-Friesland at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The glacier Longstaffbreen debouches into the lake at the eastern end. The western end of the lake is relatively close to Wijdefjorden.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Femmilsjøen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 9 July 2013.