Lake Chad (Antarctica)

Lake Chad ; Lake Chad
	L Chad in the western section of the topographic map sheet
Geographical location	Taylor Valley , Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Tributaries	House Creek , Lawson Creek , McKay Creek , Wharton Creek and meltwater from the Suess Glacier
Drain	Overflow into Andersen Creek to Hoaresee
	Data
Coordinates	77 ° 38 '30 " S , 162 ° 45' 40" O Coordinates: 77 ° 38 '30 " S , 162 ° 45' 40" O
Altitude above sea level	85 m
surface	15 ha
length	1.06 km
width	230 m
Maximum depth	5.5 m

The Chad ( English Lake Chad ) is a small lake in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Taylor Valley it is east of the mouth of the Suess Glacier and west of the Hoaresees .

The western group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the Australian geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880-1963) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped it in the spring of 1911 and named it after Lake Chad in Africa.

The lake covers an area of about 0.15 km² and reaches a maximum depth of 5.5 m with a length of about 1000 m and a width of about 230 m.

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