Lake Vostok (Russian: озеро Восток, romanized: ozero Vostok) is the largest of Antarctica 's 675 known [3] subglacial lakes. Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia's Vostok Station under the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is at 3,488 m (11,444 ft) above mean sea level.

Lake Vostok, largest lake in Antarctica. Located approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) beneath Russia’s Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), the water body is also the largest subglacial lake known.

Antarctica's Lake Vostok, a giant body of water buried beneath about 4000 meters of ice, has had a surge of publicity in recent years. Subglacial lakes were suspected to exist beneath the continent's ice for decades.

2022年12月9日 · Beneath the icy surface of the continent lies Lake Vostok. It’s one of the largest known subglacial lakes, existing miles below Russia’s Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

2024年4月16日 · Lake Vostok, hidden under 2 miles (3.2 km) of Antarctic ice, is the largest of Antarctica's 379 subglacial lakes, roughly the size of Lake Ontario. Discovered via radio-echo sounding, it has intrigued scientists with its potential to host microbial life, despite being sealed off under ice for 15 to 20 million years.

2021年12月20日 · Deep, dark and mysterious, Lake Vostok is one of the largest subglacial lakes in the world. Once a large surface lake in East Antarctica, Lake Vostok is now buried under about 2.5 miles (4...

2019年7月9日 · The largest of the 400 known subglacial lakes in Antarctica is Lake Vostok, which is located beneath Vostok Station, a Russian research station in Prince Elizabeth Land, Antarctica.

A discovery in Romania sheds new light on how life might survive in Lake Vostok. Shafts sunk into limestone by the Black Sea resort of Moville penetrated a previously unknown cave.

2024年5月21日 · Lake Vostok is a remote subglacial lake in Antarctica. Located using ice-penetrating radar, Lake Vostok is more than two miles (4000 m, 13,000 ft) below the central Antarctic ice sheet, only a few hundred miles away from the South Pole.

2012年3月1日 · After Russian scientists finally reached an Antarctic lake cut off from the world for thousands of years, Quentin Cooper wonders why reports suggest they might encounter dinosaurs.