Lake Hoare

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
Lake Hoare
Location	Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Coordinates	77°38′S 162°52′E
Type	Endorheic
Primary inflows	Andersen Creek, overflow from Lake Chad
Primary outflows	none
Basin countries	(Antarctica)
Max. length	4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Max. width	1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area	1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Average depth	9 m (30 ft)
Max. depth	34 m (112 ft)
Water volume	17,500,000 m3 (620,000,000 cu ft)
Surface elevation	73 m (240 ft)
Islands	a few

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.