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Quote from the Related Link: "Lake Vostok extends over about 14,000 square km (roughly the size of Lake Ontario) and is overlaid by 3,710 m (12,170 ft.) of ice. It has a maximum depth of 510 m, an average depth of 125 m, a volume of 1800 cubic km, and a bed that is 710 m below sea level."
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 8y agoLake Vostok, which lies under the Vostok Research Station in Antarctica, is the largest of the known, to-date, 400 sub-glacial lakes on the continent.
Vostok Station's elevation is 3,488 M or 11,444 feet above sea level. The lake is approximately 4,000 M or 13,100 feet under the ice surface. Calculations estimate that the lake is about 500 M or 1,600 feet below sea level.
The lake is about 250 K or 160 miles long by 50 K or 30 miles wide.
The lake may be formed by its proximity to earth's geothermal machines.
These data excerpted from its Wikipedia entry.
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∙ 9y agoWater in Lake Vostok is fresh, so it remains liquid to about 32 degrees F, or 0 C.
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∙ 8y agoIts Wikipedia page lists its length as 155.3 miles.
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What is some information about Lake Vostok?
Lake Vostok is a sub-glacial lake on the Antarctic continent, located under Vostok Station. You can read details about it, below.
What is antarcticas largest lake?
Lake Vostok
The largest lake in Antactica?
LAKE VOSTOK
Is there pollution in Lake Vostok?
No.
What type of animal life lives in lake vostok?
Lake > Fish
Where in the world is Lake Vostok?
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How thick is the ice on the Lake Vostok?
According to its Web page on Wikipedia: "the surface of the lake is minus 500m or minus 1,600 feet [below the surface of the ice at Lake Vostok (Russian) station]."
What is the Length of the shortest day in Lake Vostok Antarctica?
Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a sub-glacial lake, located about 4,000 meters or 13,000 feet below the ice sheet that covers the continent.So there is no 'day' in Lake Vostok; it's too far below the surface to effectively be lit by daylight.The Russian scientific station -- called Vostok, lies over Lake Vostok -- is located at about 77 degrees South Latitude. When the sun rises at that latitude for the first day after about four months of no sunrise, the sun rises above the horizon for about 20 minutes. That, then, could be called the shortest day(light) at Vostok.
What is so special about Lake Vostok?
Lake Vostok is the largest sub-glacial lake in Antarctica. It is 13,000 feet under the surface of Antarctic ice. It is about the size of Lake Ontario. Scientists believe the lake could have ancient organisms, bacteria, and even fish.
What do scientists hope to find during their study of lake vostok?
squirels
Is Lake Vostok near the South Pole?
Lake Vostok is located at 77.5001° S, 106.0001° E, and the South Pole is located at 90 degrees S. This locates Lake Vostok about 862.5 miles from the South Pole.The distance is also great when you measure the elevationof each.The South Pole is measured at about 9,300 feet above sea level. The top of Lake Vostok is located at about -1,600 feet, which separates the two elevations by almost 10,000 feet.
What are rivers are there in antarctica?
From what I heard there is a lake in Antarctica called Lake Vostok, but I don't think that there's a river in Antarctica.
