Lake Ober-See

For other uses, see Obersee (disambiguation).

Lake Ober-See
Lake Ober-See Location of Lake Obersee in Antarctica
Location	Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Coordinates	71°17′S 13°39′E
Type	glacial
Etymology	"Upper Lake" (from German "ober" [lower] + "see" [lake])
Basin countries	(Antarctica)
Surface area	3.4 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi)
Frozen	Permanently

Lake Ober-See (German: Obersee, "Upper Lake") is a permanently-frozen glacial meltwater lake lying between Sjøneset Spur and Mount Seekopf in the Gruber Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. 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 (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.^[1]

References

1. "Lakes of Antarctica". Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. Elsevier. 2009.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Lake Ober-See". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

External links

http://spaceref.com/nasa-hack-space/antarctic/dale-andersens-report-from-antarctica-the-shores-of-lake-obersee.html