Antarctica

Profound Lake

Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of in northeast , . The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Lake
  • Description: body of water
  • Also known as: “Lake Profound”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Davies Heights.

Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near , a research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world.

Peak
The are an elevated area, roughly elliptical in form and 1 nautical mile long, rising to 150 metres in north-central , .

Protected area
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of in the of . It was named from association with nearby by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.

Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of . It is located at , an ice-free area, in front of , at the west end of , .

Profound Lake

Latitude
-62.18504° or 62° 11′ 6″ south
Longitude
-58.91144° or 58° 54′ 41″ west
Open location code
3893R37Q+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220247854
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
6623654
Wiki­data ID
Q6477441
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Satellite Map

Discover Profound Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Profound Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Profound Lake”
  • Chinese: “普勒方德湖”
  • French: “Lac Profond”
  • German: “Profound Lake”
  • German: “Tiefer See”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake Profound”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Glubokoe”
  • Russian: “Озеро Глубокое”
  • Spanish: “Lago Uruguay”
  • Swedish: “Profound Lake”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Profound”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as South Collins Moraine and Estación Marítima Antártica.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Suffield Point Wreckage and Ionospheric Lake.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Profound Lake”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.