Lake Ober-See (german: Obersee, "Upper Lake") is a permanently-frozen glacial meltwater
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
lying between
Sjøneset Spur Sjøneset Spur () is a prominent rock spur from the Gruber Mountains, extending north along the east side of Anuchin Glacier to Lake Ober-See, in the Wohlthat Mountains of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughl ...
and
Mount Seekopf
Mount Seekopf () is a peak (1,300 m) surmounting the east side of Lake Ober-See in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and given the descriptive name Seekopf (lake peak) by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938â ...
in the
Gruber Mountains
The Gruber Mountains (German: Otto-von-Gruber-Gebirge) are a small group of mountains consisting of a main massif and several rocky outliers, forming the northeast portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were disc ...
of
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east. In addit ...
,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
. The lake was discovered by the
German Antarctic Expedition under
Alfred Ritscher, 1938–39.
Lake Ober-See is located a few kilometers to the northeast of
Lake Untersee
Lake Untersee (german: Untersee, "Lower Lake") is the largest surface freshwater lake in the interior of the Gruber Mountains of central Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica. It is situated to the southwest of the Schirmacher Oasis. The lake i ...
(german: Untersee, "Lower Lake"), a larger lake but similar in most respects to Lake Ober-See, and the best-studied lake in the region. Divers have dived in Lake Ober-See to study its microbial communities.
References
External links
http://spaceref.com/nasa-hack-space/antarctic/dale-andersens-report-from-antarctica-the-shores-of-lake-obersee.html
Lakes of Queen Maud Land
Princess Astrid Coast
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