Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Glider Lake (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Glider Lake (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Water body
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Glider Lake is a triangular shaped saline lake approximately 500 m by 150 m in area on the southern shore of Taynaya Bay in the Vestfold Hills. The lake surface is marginally beneath sea level, and the maximum recorded depth is 9 m. It is probable that the lake is permanently stratified and therefore meromictic.The lake has been named as its shape looks something like a hang glider.
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