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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
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.
What is a example of a oligotrophic lake?
Lake Vostok is the best, example this lake lies beneath the Antarctic and has been isolated for some 15 million years
