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Sovetskaya (lake)

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Location
  
Antarctica

Basin countries
  
(Antarctica)

Area
  
1,600 kmĀ²

Type
  
subglacial

Surface area
  
1,600 km (620 sq mi)

Sovetskaya (lake)

Sovetskaya Lake is a liquid subglacial lake found buried under the Antarctic ice sheet, 2 kilometres (6,600 ft) below Sovetskaya Research Station. It covers about 1,600 square kilometres (620 sq mi).

Map of Sovetskaya, Antarctica

References

Sovetskaya (lake) Wikipedia