Lake Hoare

Lake Hoare

Infobox lake
lake_name = Lake Hoare
image_lake = Hoaresee.jpg
caption_lake = View from Suess Glacier
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location = Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
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length = 2 mi (3.2 km)
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Lake Hoare (coord|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.


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