Clear Lake (Palau)

Clear Lake (also Clearwater Lake) is a marine lake located on Eil Malk island in Palau. Eil Malk (also Mecherchar) is part of the Rock Islands, a group of small, rocky, mostly uninhabited islands in Palau's Southern Lagoon, between Koror and Peleliu. There are about 70 other marine lakes located throughout the Rock Islands. Clear Lake is notable for endemic subspecies of golden jellyfish and is one of five marine lakes in Palau used for several scientific researches in evolutionary biology, the other lakes being Jellyfish Lake, Goby Lake, Uet era Ngermeuangel, Uet era Ongael.

Clear Lake
Clearwater Lake
Clear Lake
LocationEil Malk, Rock Islands, Palau
Coordinates7°09′09″N 134°21′34″E
Lake typeMeromictic
Basin countriesPalau
Max. length330 m (1,100 ft)
Surface area3.9 ha (10 acres)
Max. depth30 m (100 ft)
Frozennever
Islandsnone
Settlementsnone
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