Subglacial Lake Ellsworth: A candidate for in situ exploration in West Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Siegert, Martin, Hindmarsh, Richard, Corr, Hugh, Smith, Andrew, Woodward, John, King, Edward, Payne, Antony J., Joughin, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Ellsworth Mountains; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/19735/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021477

Radio-echo sounding reveals a 10 km-long lake beneath ∼3.4 km of ice near the Ellsworth Mountains in West Antarctica, 20 km from the ice divide. Subglacial Lake Ellsworth is located within a distinct topographic hollow, which is ∼1.5 km deeper than the surrounding bed. Judging by bed slopes flanking...