Lake Hoare

Lake Hoare
Lake Hoare in 2014
Lake Hoare in 2014
Location of Lake Hoare
Location of Lake Hoare
Lake Hoare
LocationTaylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Coordinates77°38′S 162°52′E / 77.633°S 162.867°E / -77.633; 162.867
TypeEndorheic
Primary inflowsAndersen Creek,
overflow from Lake Chad
Primary outflowsnone
Basin countries(Antarctica)
Max. length4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Max. width1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Average depth9 m (30 ft)
Max. depth34 m (112 ft)
Water volume17,500,000 m3 (620,000,000 cu ft)
Surface elevation73 m (240 ft)
Islandsa few

Lake Hoare is a lake about 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) long between Lake Chad and Canada Glacier in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Its surface area measures 1.94 square kilometres (0.75 sq mi).[1] The lake was named by the 8th Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE), 1963–64, for physicist Ray A. Hoare, a member of the VUWAE that examined lakes in Taylor, Wright, and Victoria Valleys.[2]

Lake Hoare is dammed by the tongue of Canada Glacier, otherwise it would drain into Lake Fryxell, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast across the glacier tongue. Lake Chad, only 5 metres (5.5 yd) southeast of Lake Hoare, sometimes overflows into Lake Hoare.

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References

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  1. ^ "McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER". mcmlter.org. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Hoare, Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Hoare, Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.