Subglacial lake

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A subglacial lake is a lake that is permanently covered by ice. They can occur under glaciers and ice caps. There are many such lakes, with Lake Vostok in Antarctica being by far the largest. The water below the ice remains liquid by the pressure of the ice sheet above and by geothermal heating.

There is also evidence that there are subglacial lakes on Jupiter's moon Europa.

[edit] See also

• Lake Vostok
• Lake Ellsworth
• Lake Untersee

[edit] External links

• The Exploration of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth (University of Bristol)
• Subglacial Lake Research and Exploration
• Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Program Office, Texas A&M University
• Date Pinned Down for Ancient Antarctic Flood - By determining the date of an ancient subglacial flood, scientists have linked it to a global warming trend.