Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Hoare, Lake (NZL) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 162° 51' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 140299
Place ID: 6430
A lake extending approximately 3.4km westward from Canada Glacier, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. However, due to rising water levels since the 1990s the feature has effectively merged with Lake Chad to its immediate southwest. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MF09 |
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| Lake Hoare (USA) | 77° 38' 00.0" S | 162° 51' 00.0" E | Water body |
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Name ID: 126559
Place ID: 6430
A lake about 2 mi long between Lake Chad and Canada Glacier in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by the 8th 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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