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List Of Antarctic Subglacial Lakes
An ongoing inventory of subglacial lakes in Antarctica. Compiled from: * Discoveries from the 1970's to 2012 via: Wright, A., and Siegert, M. (2012)A fourth inventory of Antarctic subglacial lakes Antarctic Science 24, 659-664 References {{portal, Lakes Antarctice subglacial lakes Antarctic subglacial lakes subglacial lakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovetskaya (lake)
Sovetskaya Lake is a liquid subglacial lake found buried under the Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ... ice sheet, below Sovetskaya Research Station. It covers about . See also * Lake Vostok (the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica) * 90 Degrees East * Sovetskaya (Antarctic Research Station) References Subglacial lakes Lakes of Kaiser Wilhelm II Land {{KaiserWilhelmIILand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Vostok
Lake Vostok (russian: озеро Восток, ''ozero Vostok'') is the largest of Antarctica's almost 400 known subglacial lakes. Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia's Vostok Station under the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is at above mean sea level. The surface of this fresh water lake is approximately under the surface of the ice, which places it at approximately below sea level. Measuring long by wide at its widest point, it covers an area of making it the 16th largest lake by surface area. With an average depth of , it has an estimated volume of , making it the 6th largest lake by volume. The lake is divided into two deep basins by a ridge. The liquid water depth over the ridge is about , compared to roughly deep in the northern basin and deep in the southern. The lake is named after Vostok Station, which in turn is named after the '' Vostok'' (Восток), a sloop-of-war, which means "East" in Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concordia Subglacial Lake
Concordia Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake located beneath an ice sheet thick. It has a surface of about and is deep. The surface of the water has an elevation from below the sea level. It was first located in December 1999; the name derives from the nearby French-Italian Concordia Research Station. References * Lakes of Antarctica Bodies of water of Wilkes Land {{WilkesLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ellsworth (Antarctica)
Lake Ellsworth is a natural freshwater liquid subglacial lake located in West Antarctica under approximately of ice. It is approximately 10 km long and is estimated to be in depth. The lake is named after the American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth. The surface of the lake itself is located over below sea level. Exploration Lake Ellsworth was discovered in 1996 by British scientist Professor Martin Siegert of the University of Bristol; it is one of 387 known subglacial Antarctic lakes and it is a target site for exploration due to the speculation that new forms of microbial life could have evolved in the unique habitats of Antarctica’s sub-glacial lakes after half a million years of isolation.Siegert, Martin J. and the Lake Ellsworth Consortium, "Exploration of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth", Poster, University of Bristol, September 2004 Life in subglacial lakes would have to adapt to total darkness, low nutrient levels, high water pressure, and isolation from the atmosphere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
90 Degrees East
90 Degrees East, also known as 90°E Lake, is a lake in Antarctica. With a surface area of about , it is the second-largest known subglacial lake in Antarctica, after Lake Vostok. 90 Degrees East was discovered in January 2006, along with Sovetskaya.Robin Bell and Michael Studinger, Geophysical researchers from Columbia University, published in ''Geophysical Research Letters'' It is named after the 90th meridian east, on which it lies. See also *Lake Vostok *Sovetskaya (lake) Sovetskaya Lake is a liquid subglacial lake found buried under the Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The An ... References Lakes of Kaiser Wilhelm II Land {{KaiserWilhelmIILand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer Lake (Antarctica)
Mercer Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake in Antarctica covered by a sheet of ice thick; the water below is hydraulically active, with water replacement times on the order of a decade from the Ross Sea. Studies suggest that Mercer Subglacial Lake as well as other subglacial lakes appear to be linked, with drainage events in one reservoir causing filling and follow-on drainage in adjacent lakes. Exploration Helen Amanda Fricker from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography discovered Mercer Subglacial Lake in 2007, while using satellite laser altimetry to search for the grounding line of a glacier. The lake is named after |
Lists Of Lakes
This is a list of lists of lakes. *List of lakes *List of alpine lakes *List of drying lakes *List of international lakes *List of prehistoric lakes *List of lakes by area *List of lakes by depth *List of lakes by volume *List of largest lakes of Europe *List of lakes named Diamond *List of lakes named Fish Lake *List of largest lakes and seas in the Solar System *Recursive islands and lakes Lists by country * List of lakes of Afghanistan * List of lakes of Albania * List of lakes of Algeria * List of lakes of Andorra * List of lakes of Angola * List of lakes of Antigua and Barbuda * List of lakes of Argentina * List of lakes of Armenia * List of lakes of Australia ** Lakes and other water bodies of Victoria (Australia) ** Lakes and reservoirs of Melbourne ** Lists of lakes of Western Australia * List of lakes of Austria * List of lakes of Azerbaijan * List of lakes of the Bahamas * List of lakes of Bahrain * List of lakes of Bangladesh * List of lakes of Barbados * List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subglacial Lakes
A subglacial lake is a lake that is found under a glacier, typically beneath an ice cap or ice sheet. Subglacial lakes form at the boundary between ice and the underlying bedrock, where gravitational pressure decreases the pressure melting point of ice. Over time, the overlying ice gradually melts at a rate of a few millimeters per year. Meltwater flows from regions of high to low hydraulic pressure under the ice and pools, creating a body of liquid water that can be isolated from the external environment for millions of years. Since the first discoveries of subglacial lakes under the Antarctic Ice Sheet, more than 400 subglacial lakes have been discovered in Antarctica, beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet, and under Iceland's Vatnajökull ice cap. Subglacial lakes contain a substantial proportion of Earth's liquid freshwater, with the volume of Antarctic subglacial lakes alone estimated to be about 10,000 km3, or about 15% of all liquid freshwater on Earth. As ecosystems iso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
