Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Concordia Subglacial Lake (ITA) | 74° 06' 00.0" S | 125° 09' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 134107
Place ID: 17260
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. |
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| Concordia Subglacial Lake (USA) | 74° 06' 00.0" S | 125° 09' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 135940
Place ID: 17260
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 located in Dec. 1999. The name derives from the nearby Italian Concordia research station. |
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