Lake Komi Explained

Lake Komi
Location:	Komi Republic, Russia
Coordinates:	66.3091°N 56.202°W
Type:	prehistoric periglacial lake
Pushpin Map:	Russia
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of the prehistoric lake in Russia.

Lake Komi was a prehistoric periglacial lake formed in the region of the present-day Russian Komi Republic when the Barents Sea outlet of the Pechora River was blocked by ice during, at least, Major glacial 4 of 4, of the Pleistocene. The latter was the last series of ice ages (glacials), which spans more than two million years.^[1]

External links

• The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC) at the University of New Hampshire provides an excellent Flash animation of the probable drainage outburst of Lake Komi following some glacial retreat: https://web.archive.org/web/20100628014722/http://www.ccom-jhc.unh.edu/image_gallery/animations/LakoKomi-2.html. For reference, the large moon-shaped island, top-center in the animation, is Novaya Zemlya, and the mountains to the right are the northernmost Urals.

Notes and References

1. Mangerud. J.. Jakobsson. M.. Alexanderson. H.. Astakhov. V.. Clarke. G. K. C.. Henriksen. M.. Hjort. C.. Krinner. G.. Lunkka. J.-P.. Möller. P.. Murray. A.. Nikolskaya. O.. Saarnisto. M.. Svendsen. J. I.. Ice-dammed lakes and rerouting of the drainage of northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2004. 23. 11–13. 1313–1332. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.009. 2004QSRv...23.1313M .