Hottah Lake

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Hottah Lake
Geographical location Northwest Territories (Canada)
Tributaries Camsell River
Drain Camsell River
Data
Coordinates 65 ° 4 ′  N , 118 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 65 ° 4 ′  N , 118 ° 30 ′  W
Hottah Lake (Northwest Territories)
Hottah Lake
Altitude above sea level 180  m
surface 840 km²

Hottah Lake is a lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada . Its water area is 840 km², including islands, the total area is 918 km². The lake is located 30 km south of the Great Bear Lake . It is traversed by the Camsell River and drained to the Great Bear Lake.

Legacy

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When the Mars rover Curiosity found solid evidence of an old river bed on Mars on a pile of cemented smooth stones ( conglomerates ), the project managers named one of the two rocks Hottah after this lake - the other was called Link.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Kimm Fesenmaier: Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Streambed ( english ) Caltech Media Relations. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved on October 8, 2012.
  3. Guy Webster: NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface ( english ) Caltech Media Relations. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved on October 8, 2012.