Romer Lake ( da, Romer Sø) is a land-locked freshwater

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at the northern end of

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, near

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's northeastern coast. The

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Nord —the only inhabited place in the area— lies to the northeast. The lake and its surroundings are part of the

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zone. Romer Lake was first mapped in 1933 by

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during aerial surveys made during the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland ''(Treårsekspeditionen)''. It was likely named after the Danish Astronomer/Inventor

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(1644–1710).

Geography

Romer Lake is located at the western end of the

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peninsula to the west of the Princess Elizabeth Alps. It lies in long and narrow depression running parallel to the

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system further north and stretching roughly from NE to SW for about . 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'', it discharges its waters in the northern inner arm of the Ingolf Sound of the

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Elephant Foot Glacier

Romer Lake is famous for its impressive Elephant Foot Glacier, a wide

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with a strikingly-shaped wide terminal lobe flowing into the lake from the SE in its central part.

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Report of environmental operation. Lead Dog 1960 - US Army Transportation Corps
Lakes of Greenland Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

Elephant Foot Glacier

See also

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