Lake Vostok photograph

Lake Vostok

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Area15690
Length250 km
Surface elevation500
Width50 km
Mean depth344 m
Max. depth510 m (1,700 ft) to 900 m (3,000 ft)
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Date of Upd.
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About Lake Vostok


Lake 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 3,488 m above mean sea level.

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