Lake Hope (Antarctica)
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| Geographical location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Lake Hope ( Spanish Lago Esperanza , translated lake of hope ) is a small lake on the Trinity Peninsula in the north of Graham Lands of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 800 m north of Mount Flora in the Five Lakes Valley immediately east of the head end of Hope Bay .
Argentinian scientists named the lake based on the name Hope Bay ( Spanish Bahía Esperanza ). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names translated this designation into English in 1966.
Web links
- Lake Hope in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lake Hope on geographic.org (English)