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Aajuitsup Tasia

Lake on the western coast of Greenland

Summary

Lake on the western coast of Greenland

Field	Value
name	Aajuitsup Tasia
image	Aajuitsup-tasia-maniitsoq-hill-greenland.jpg
caption	Southern and northern shores of Aajuitsup Tasia
alt	A large lake surrounded by hills
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Greenland
location	Greenland
coords
lake_type	oligotroph
length	10 km
width	2 km
depth	32 m

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Aajuitsup Tasia (old spelling: Aujuitsup Tasia) is a large lake in central-western Greenland, in the Qeqqata municipality. It is located approximately 12 km northeast of Kangerlussuaq. It is of elongated oval shape, with its western shore at and its eastern shore at . Aajuitsup Tasia is an oligotrophic lake of 32 m depth, covering an area of 1,350ha.

Geography

The 2x10 km lake is separated from the Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua valley and Kangerlussuaq in the south by a low tundra ridge − part of the Kangaamiut dike swarm. To the west lies a sibling Sanningasoq twin lake. To the north-east lies the wide highland of Isunngua.

The surface of Aajuitsup Tasia is almost level with the surface of the neighboring meltwater lake, an outflow of Russell Glacier. The altitude differential produces an outflowing boggy stream flowing from Aajuitsup Tasia to the unnamed meltwater lake, allowing Aajuitsup Tasia to retain its freshwater character despite being directly in the glacier outflow path.

Photographs

File:Aajuitsup-tasia-greenland.jpg|Eastern shore of Aajuitsup Tasia File:Aajuitsup-tasia-meltwater-freshwater-greenland.jpg|Color differential - fresh water of Aajuitsup Tasia, and meltwater of unnamed outflow lake of Russell Glacier File:Aajuitsup Tasia in summer 2010 (6).JPG|Lake Aajuitsup Tasia with Russell Glacier

References

"Vandrekort Vestgrønland: Kangerlussuaq". Greenland Tourism a/s.
"Klaus Peter Brodersen, Ole Pedersen, Claus Lindegaard, and Kirsten Hamburger (University of Copenhagen) − 'Chironomids (Diptera) and oxy-regulatory capacity: An experimental approach to paleolimnological interpretation' − Limnol. Oceanogr., 49(5), 2004, 1549–1559".

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