Glider Lake

Glider Lake
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Geographical location	Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica
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Coordinates	68 ° 27 ′ 40 ″ S , 78 ° 17 ′ 6 ″ E Coordinates: 68 ° 27 ′ 40 ″ S , 78 ° 17 ′ 6 ″ O
Altitude above sea level	1.1 m below sea level
length	500 m
width	150 m
Maximum depth	9 m

The Lebed Lake (from English glider , hang glider ' ) is a triangular, 500 m long and up to 150 m wide Salzwassersee at the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is located on the south bank of Taynaya Bay in the Vestfold Mountains and is a meromictic body of water with a depth of 9 m .

The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1995 after its shape, which is reminiscent of a hang glider .

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1 McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 635 (English)