There are the remains of at least nine winter houses on the south and west side of the fjord, but all were abandoned by the 20th century.

[7] A purpose of the expedition was to take metrological observations around the lake, the only place in the area where planes could land on skis or floats, without the hazard of icebergs and pack ice.

[8] A monument to Watkins stands on the rocky promontory between the main fjord and the westerly branch.

[9] The remains of the hunting hut of the 1932–33 East Greenland Expedition (Rejsehus) is at the head of the shallow western branch of the fjord.

[4] Watkins gave the name 'Lake Fjord' to the place after a 4 km (2 mi) long lake that lies a little inland to the west of the head of this branch.