CEN project

Site BYL-36 (lake K)

Lake K. Source :  GeoEye (2010).
Lake K. Source : GeoEye (2010).

Measurement site

Latitude
73.1598
Longitude
-79.968
Altitude (m)
7.95

Site location

Qarlikturvik Valley, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada

Site description

Thermokarst lake of glacial origine (remnants of glacier ice buried in the permafrost) , total surface totale ~ 5226 m2, maximum depth > 12 m