Lake Vostok
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Area | 15690 |
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Length | 250 km |
Surface elevation | 500 |
Width | 50 km |
Mean depth | 344 m |
Max. depth | 510 m (1,700 ft) to 900 m (3,000 ft) |
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ID | 2378804 |
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.