Lake Hazen

Greenland / Qaanaaq / Siorapaluk /
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Large lake on Ellesmere Island, largest lake (by volume) north of the Arctic Circle. The area around the lake is a thermal oasis within a polar desert, with summer temperatures up to 23° C (a tropical 74° F)
Discovered by Augustus Greely, (1844–1935), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was an American Polar explorer, a United States Army officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor in 1882.
Maximum known depth: 949 feet. Surface elevation: 519 feet above sea level.
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Coordinates:   81°47'46"N   70°57'59"W
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