Name details

Concordia Subglacial Lake

Concordia Subglacial Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Concordia Subglacial Lake  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Italy Gazetteer Id 134107

Feature type: Water body (11)

Origin

This name originates from Italy. It is part of the Italy Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Subglacial lake located beneath an ice sheet 4000 m to 4100m thick. It has a surface of about 900 square km and is 250m deep. The surface of the water has an elevation from 800 to 950m below the sea level. First "seen" probably in 1970. First located in Dec. 1999. So named for the nearby scientific station Concordia.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 06' 00.0" S
-74.10000°
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Longitude:
125° 09' 00.0" E
125.15000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
16-Sep-2002

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