Organic Lake

Organic Lake

Organic Lake is a lake in the Vestfold Hills in eastern Antarctica. It was formed 6,000 years ago when sea levels were higher; it is isolated, rather shallow (7.5m), meromictic, a few hundred meters in diameter and has extremely salty water. It has the highest recorded concentration of dimethyl sulfide in any natural body of water.[1][2]

In 2011, a new species of virophage (a virus that preys on other viruses) was discovered in Organic Lake. It was named Organic Lake Virophage. It is a parasite of a phycodnavirus, a large virus that infects algae and belongs to the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses.[1]

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Coordinates: 68°27′23″S 78°11′23.5″E / 68.45639°S 78.189861°E / -68.45639; 78.189861


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