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Lake Burton, also known as Burton Lagoon, is a meromictic and saline lake in the Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land in Eastern Antarctica, belonging to the Australian Antarctic Territory. The lake has a surface area of km2 (sq mi ), a volume of 9.69 million m3, a maximum depth of metre (ft) and a mean depth of metre (ft). The lake is named after H. R. Burton, a biologist working in the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica.

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  • Lake Burton (Antarctica)
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  • Lake Burton, also known as Burton Lagoon, is a meromictic and saline lake in the Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land in Eastern Antarctica, belonging to the Australian Antarctic Territory. The lake has a surface area of km2 (sq mi ), a volume of 9.69 million m3, a maximum depth of metre (ft) and a mean depth of metre (ft). The lake is named after H. R. Burton, a biologist working in the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica.
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lon deg
  • 78(xsd:integer)
lake name
  • Burton Lagoon
  • Lake Burton
frozen
  • Yes
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  • Location of Lake Burton in Antarctica
inflow
  • Streams from Vestfold Hills
Width
  • 225(xsd:integer)
lon dir
  • E
lat dir
  • S
Volume
  • 9690000.0
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lat min
  • 38(xsd:integer)
islands
  • None
lon min
  • 6(xsd:integer)
lat deg
  • 68(xsd:integer)
outflow
  • Tidal channel with Crooked Fjord
Location
  • Antarctica
abstract
  • Lake Burton, also known as Burton Lagoon, is a meromictic and saline lake in the Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land in Eastern Antarctica, belonging to the Australian Antarctic Territory. The lake has a surface area of km2 (sq mi ), a volume of 9.69 million m3, a maximum depth of metre (ft) and a mean depth of metre (ft). The lake is named after H. R. Burton, a biologist working in the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica. The lake is covered with ice for 10–11 months in a year. A tidal channel links the lake with Crooked Fjord only seasonally for about 6–7 months in the year. The tidal channel has a width of metre (ft) and is about metre (ft) deep. Lake Burton is the only meromictic lagoon that is part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 143, within East Antarctica, and access to the lake can only legally be obtained by a special permit and adhering to some strict regulations. A diatom floristic study of the lagoon revealed that it contains 41 species and is a rich storehouse of psychrophilic photosynthetic bacteria. The heterotrophic bacterial microbiota and the ecology of photosynthetic bacteria of the Lake Burton were studied in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the findings indicate that salinity levels increase from below the ice level towards the lake bottom resulting in dense waters and that the environmental conditions, presence of light in summer, darkness during winter, and oxic and anoxic water status of the lake waters dictated the growth of bacterial phototrophs.
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