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Concordia Subglacial Lake is a
subglacial lake 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 liquid water can exist above the lower melting point of ic ...
located beneath an ice sheet to thick. It has a surface of about and is ~ deep. The sloped surface of the water has an elevation from to below mean sea level. The elevation of the icecover, above
Concordia Subglacial Lake Concordia Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake 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 liquid wate ...
is: m.a.s.l. It was first located in December 1999; the name derives from the nearby French-Italian Concordia Research Station.


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* Lakes of Antarctica Bodies of water of Wilkes Land {{WilkesLand-geo-stub