Lake Fiordovoye

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Fiordovoye (́, [ˈfɪordovojʲɪ] or ́, [ˈfʲɪordovojʲɪ], lit. 'Fjord-lake') is a glacial lake on the island of the October Revolution of Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, administratively belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. Within the island, Lake Fiordovoye is located between the edge of the Karpinsky ice dome in the east and the slopes of the valley on its western side. It is the largest inland lake of the island and, depending on the degree of spread of the glacier over its surface, may be the largest body of water in the archipelago. Its modern area is estimated from 38 km2 (15 sq mi) to 57 km2 (22 sq mi). It has a jagged shape elongated along the glacier, up to 30 km (19 mi) km long, and is distinguished by significant depths up to 97 m (318 ft). Its average height of the water level is 65 m (213 ft) a.s.l. The lake is of glacial erosion origin, a significant part of its depression is filled with the Karpinsky glacier. It is now generally accepted that the lake is at least partially dammed by a glacier in easterly direction towards the Marat Fjord and belongs to glacier-dammed lakes. Despite this, over almost a century of observations, there have been no significant changes in the water level in Lake Fiordovoye and there has not been a cessation of its usual water outflow. Therefore, it is quite probable that the reservoir is

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