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Vanda Lake, Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarcticai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Vanda Lake | Lake |
| Wright Valley | Valley |
| Victoria Land | Region |
| Eastern Antarctica | Region |
| Antarctica | Continent |
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Other Languages:
French:
lac Vanda, Antarctique oriental (Est Antarctique), Antarctique
German:
Vandasee, Ostantarktika, Antarktika
Italian:
lago Vanda, Antartide orientale, Antartide
Russian:
Ванда, Восточная Антарктида, Антарктида
Simplified Chinese:
万达湖, 南极洲
Spanish:
Lago Vanda, Antártida Oriental, Antártida
Azeri:
Vanda gölü, Antarktida
Catalan:
Llac Vanda, Antàrtida
Cebuano:
Vanda , Antarctica
Dutch:
Vandameer, Antarctica
Esperanto:
Lago Vanda, Antarkto
Farsi/Persian:
دریاچه واندا, جنوبگان
Georgian:
ვანდას ტბა, ანტარქტიდა
Hebrew:
אגם ונדה, אנטארקטיקה
Indonesian:
Danau Vanda, Antartika
Japanese:
バンダ湖, 南極大陸
Korean:
반다호, 남극
Latvian:
Vandas ezers, Antarktīda
Lithuanian:
Vanda, Antarktida
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Lake Vanda, Antarktis
Polish:
Vanda, Antarktyda
Portuguese:
Lago Vanda, Antártida
Swedish:
Vandasjön, Antarktis
Thai:
ทะเลสาบแวนดา, ทวีปแอนตาร์กติกา
Turkish:
Vanda Gölü, Antarktika
Ukrainian:
Озеро Ванда, Антарктида
Welsh:
Llyn Vanda, Yr Antarctig
Lake Vanda is a lake in Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarctica. The lake is 5 km long and has a maximum depth of 69 m. On its shore, New Zealand maintained Vanda Station from 1968 to 1995. Lake Vanda is a hypersaline lake with a salinity more than ten times that of seawater, more than the salinity of the Dead Sea, and perhaps even more than of Lake Assal (Djibouti), which is the world's most saline lake outside of Antarctica. Lake Vanda is also meromictic, which means that the deeper waters of the lake don't mix with the shallower waters. There are three distinct layers of water ranging in temperature from 23 °C (73 °F) on the bottom to the middle layer of 7 °C (45 °F) and the upper layer ranges from 4–6 °C (39–43 °F). It is only one of the many saline lakes in the ice-free valleys of the Transantarctic Mountains. The longest river of Antarctica, Onyx River, flows West, inland, into Lake Vanda. There is a meteorological station at the mouth of the river.
The lake is covered by a transparent ice sheet 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) year-round, though melting in late December forms a moat out to approximately 50 metres (160 ft) from the shore. The surface of the ice is not covered with snow and is "deeply rutted with cracks and melt lines". During the colder months, the moat refreezes.
While no species of fish live in Lake Vanda or the Onyx River, microscopic life such as cyanobacteria algal blooms has been recorded. Due to the concerns over the impact to the natural environment that may occur during research, scientific diving operations are limited to work in the upper layer (above 30 metres (98 ft)) and remotely operated underwater vehicle use is not allowed.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vanda |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1190747 |
| GeoNames ID: | 6627361 |
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