Antarctica

Vanda, Lake

Lake Vanda is a in , , Ross Dependency, . The lake is 5 km long and has a maximum depth of 69 m. On its shore, maintained from 1968 to 1995.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: meromictic lake
  • Also known as: “Lake Vanda” and “Vanda Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canopus, Lake and Lake Bull.

Lake
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica.

Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vanda Station and Nakai Snowfield.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of , in the .

Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of , Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between and on the north and on the south.

Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in , Antarctica. is situated 8 km west of Vanda, Lake.

Vanda, Lake

Latitude
-77.53083° or 77° 31′ 51″ south
Longitude
161.56675° or 161° 34′ 0″ east
Elevation
299 metres (981 feet)
Open location code
2VJ3FH98+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233313675
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
6627361
Wiki­data ID
Q1190747
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Satellite Map

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

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Vanda, Lake” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Vanda gölü”
  • Catalan: “Llac Vanda”
  • Cebuano: “Vanda (lanaw)”
  • Cebuano: “Vanda”
  • Chinese: “万达湖”
  • Dutch: “Vandameer”
  • Esperanto: “lago Vanda”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Vanda”
  • French: “lac Vanda”
  • French: “Lac Vanda”
  • Georgian: “ვანდას ტბა”
  • German: “Vandasee”
  • Hebrew: “אגם ונדה”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Vanda”
  • Italian: “lago Vanda”
  • Italian: “Lago Vanda”
  • Japanese: “ヴァンダ湖”
  • Japanese: “バンダ湖”
  • Korean: “반다호”
  • Latvian: “Lake Vanda”
  • Latvian: “Vandas ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Vanda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lake Vanda”
  • Persian: “دریاچه واندا”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Vanda”
  • Polish: “Vanda”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Vanda”
  • Russian: “Ванда”
  • Slovenian: “jezero Vanda”
  • Spanish: “Lago Vanda”
  • Swedish: “Lake Vanda”
  • Swedish: “Onyxfloden”
  • Swedish: “Vandasjön”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบแวนดา”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบแวนด้า”
  • Turkish: “Vanda Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Озеро Ванда”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Vanda”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Vanda Station and Boulder Pavement.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jason, Mount and Hall Bluff.

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