Concordia Subglacial Lake

Concordia Subglacial Lake is a subglacial lake located beneath an ice sheet 4000 to 4100 m thick. It has a surface of about 900 sqkm and is 250 m deep. The surface of the water has an elevation from 800 to 950 m below the sea level. It was first located in December 1999; the name derives from the nearby French-Italian Concordia Research Station.