Femmilsjøen
Femmilsjøen | |
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Femmilsjøen Location in Svalbard | |
Location | Svalbard |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 79°47′16″N 15°51′01″E / 79.7879°N 15.8503°E |
Type | natural freshwater lake |
Basin countries | Norway |
Max. length | 7.78 kilometres (4.83 mi) |
Max. width | 1.22 kilometres (0.76 mi) |
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[]
- ^ "Femmilsjøen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
Categories:
- Lakes of Spitsbergen
- Spitsbergen geography stubs