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Tasersuatsiaq

Lake in central-western Greenland

Summary

Lake in central-western Greenland

Field	Value
name	Tasersuatsiaq
image	Tasersuatsiaq-lake-ferguson-qeqqata-greenland.jpg
caption	Tasersuatsiaq seen from the eastern shore, giving a distorted perspective of shape
location	Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
coords
type	oligotroph
pushpin_map	Greenland
basin_countries	Greenland
length	6 km
width	2 km
area	750 ha
depth	80 m

Tasersuatsiaq (Ferguson Lake in Greenland)

Tasersuatsiaq (old spelling: Taserssuatsiaq) is a lake in central-western Greenland, in the Qeqqata municipality. It is located southeast of Kangerlussuaq, with a depth of 80 m, covering an area of 750ha. During the operating years of the American base at Bluie West Eight at Kangerlussuaq the lake was referred to as Lake Ferguson. The lake and the Roklubben Restaurant at its western shore are connected to Kangerlussuaq by a gravel road, one of the very few in Greenland. Tasersuatsiaq is a source of fresh water for Kangerlussuaq.

In 2025, research by the University of Maine Climate Change Institute reveals that Tasersuatsiaq had browned due to two months of record heat and precipitation in fall 2022, and may not be able to recover from the browning state.

Geography

The 2x6km lake is separated from the valleys of Qinnguata Kuussua and Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua, as well as the Kangerlussuaq settlement in the north by a low tundra ridge of Qaarsorsuaq. To the west lies the far end of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord. On the southern and eastern side it is bounded by a vast highland of Ammalortup Nunaa, the original region artificially populated with 27 muskoxen.

Flora and fauna

The bottom of the lake is covered with pondweed meadows. Muskoxen and reindeer are common in the area.

References

[http://new.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_49/issue_5/1549.pdf 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] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-25)
O'Carroll, Etain. (2005). "Greenland and the Arctic". Lonely Planet.
[http://www.ipy.dk/IPY_service_manual.doc International Polar Year] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-07-14)
[https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2025/01/21/extreme-climate-pushed-thousands-of-lakes-in-west-greenland-across-a-tipping-point-study-finds/ University of Maine] {{Webarchive. link. (2025-01-22)
"Vandrekort Vestgrønland: Kangerlussuaq". Greenland Tourism a/s.
[http://www.tropica.com/go.asp?article=541 Ole Pedersen, Klaus Peter Brodersen (University of Copenhagen); Tropica Aquarium Plants]

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