Lake Ellsworth

• Main Authors: Woodward, John, Siegert, Martin, Smith, Andrew, Ross, Neil
• Other Authors: Singh, V. P., Haritashya, U. K., Singh, P.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2011
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Ellsworth Mountains; Institute Ice Stream; Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7075/; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_317

Subglacial Lake Ellsworth is located near the Ellsworth Mountains in West Antarctica at 78.9°S 90.6°W. The lake basin is in the center of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) in the Pine Island Glacier drainage basin, 20 km from the ice divide with the Institute Ice Stream. The lake is approximately...