Lake Komi
Location of the prehistoric lake in Russia.
Location of the prehistoric lake in Russia.
Lake Komi
LocationKomi Republic, Russia
Coordinates66°18′33″N 56°12′07″E / 66.3091°N 56.2020°E / 66.3091; 56.2020
Typeprehistoric periglacial lake

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]

Notes

  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. (2004). "Ice-dammed lakes and rerouting of the drainage of northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation". Quaternary Science Reviews. 23 (11–13): 1313–1332. Bibcode:2004QSRv...23.1313M. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.009.

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Pleistocene proglacial lakes and related seas
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