Lake Lama
The Lamasee (Russian Озеро Лама ), formerly called Dawydowosee ( Озеро Давыдово ), is a 318 km ² lake in Putoranagebirge, the northwestern part of the Central Siberian Uplands in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia ( Asia).
Geographical location
The Lamasee, is approximately 330km north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the Putoranagebirges ( max. 1701 m). He extends an average of almost 100 km east-northeast of Norilsk. Neither the lake nor in its vicinity there are settlements, but stand on its banks in some places isbas, traditional Russian wooden huts.
The surrounding mountains are high in the northwestern Charaelachbergen to 956 m, in the northern Miktschangdabergen to 1167 m, in the northeastern Butscharamabergen to 1297 m and in the southern Lamskiebergen to 1267 m; southeast of its eastern end, they reach a maximum of 1582 m height. While the lake from the Miktschangda and other streams, as Kaptschuk, Kygam and Neralach fed, the Lama is his only outlet; latter drained by the short Talaja in the Melkojesee whose water ultimately flows over the Pjassina in the Kara Sea.
The approximately 45 m high lake is around 80 km long and 7 km wide. Its maximum depth in the basin of tectonic origin is about 300 m; it is believed that the lake is little explored even up to 600 m deep. Its catchment area is about 6210 km ².
Adjacent is the northern Kaptschuksee that belongs to the catchment area of the lake, and outside this area are south-southeast of Sobatschjesee, southwest of Glubokojesee and west-southwest of Melkojesee.
History
Name
In 1911 published by the Russian General Staff map of Asian Russia on the away posted by its real form lake bears the name Dawydowosee. Today's hydronym Lama comes from the Tungus word Laamu, the lake, ocean or Great means water.
Research
The Lamasee was first explored and described by the Russian Soviet geologist and polar explorer Nikolai Urwanzew and his colleagues Bazanov during an expedition of 1921.
Gulag
After the annexation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union as a whole 42 Baltic officers from Estonia (15 ), Latvia (13 ) and Lithuania ( 14) were on June 28, arrested in 1941 as the enemies of the new Stalinist state system and without charge in a gulag ( prison camp ) sent on Lamasee. With a train they were to Krasnoyarsk, then continue by ship on the Yenisei to Dudinka, then deported to a train to Norilsk and finally by boat to the camp. One of them died already in Norilsk, the remaining 41 persons were interned in the camp only in a large hut. Until 1945, all died of hunger, cold and disease. There are no establishments or receive huts, and on the lake there are several memorials with monuments and memorial plaques.
Nuclear explosions on the economy
During the Soviet atomic explosions program for the national economy, to make it usable with the goal of nuclear weapons for civilian purposes, took place north of the Lama lake near the Cape Tonki ( ⊙ 69.56108333333390.345638888889 ) under seismic soundings two underground nuclear tests instead:
- Horizon 3 ( ⊙ 69.57890.337 ), September 29, 1975, explosive 7.6 kilotons TNT equivalent, 830 m depth
- Meteorite -2 ( ⊙ 69.57590.375 ), 26 July 1977, explosive force 13 kilotons of TNT equivalent, 850 m depth
Climate, flora and fauna
The region of the Lama Lake is in the range of the permafrost. The lake is annually from October or November to June of ice ( about 80 to 100 cm) covered. On its shores thrive boreal forests (taiga ) and prevails on the mountains of his environment, the tundra with mosses and lichens. In the lake teeming with fish life, for example, grouper fish, pike and salmon fish.
Tourism
The offbeat Lamasee is attractive tourist destination. In summer, the tourist boats many visitors to the lake. Thither they drive by the area between Norilsk and its northeastern district Talnach jetty at the settlement Walek over the rivers and Norilka Talaja, by the Melkojesee and across the river Lama. The outward journey upriver, takes about five and the way back about three hours.