Lake Hoare

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Lake Hoare
Lake Hoare - View from Suess Glacier
View from Suess Glacier
Location Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Coordinates 77°38′S 162°51′ECoordinates: 77°38′S 162°51′E
Basin countries (Antarctica)
Max. length 2 mi (3.2 km)

Lake Hoare (77°38′S, 162°51′E) is a lake about 2 miles (3.2 km) long between Lake Chad and Canada Glacier in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. It was named by the 8th Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1963-64, for physicist R.A. Hoare, a member of VUWAE that examined lakes in Taylor, Wright, and Victoria Valleys.

This article incorporates text from Lake Hoare, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.

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