Lake Hoare

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Lake Hoare
Image:Hoaresee.jpg 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.

References

• Query form for Antarctica. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. (public domain source for article).

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