Renlands Ice Cap (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Renlands Ice Cap

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Lake Catalina receives melt water from Renlands ice cap. The top of the ice cap is 2.500 meter above sea level. The melting – and the filling up of Lake Catalina – takes place during the summer. When the water reaches a certain level in Lake Catalina, Edward Bailey Glacier can no longer hold it back – and an outburst flood is a reality.

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Aslak Grinsted

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