Lake Alexander (Alaska)

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Lake Alexander
Location of Lake Alexander in Alaska, US
Location of Lake Alexander in Alaska, US
Lake Alexander
LocationAdmiralty Island,
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Alexander Archipelago,
Alaska
Coordinates57°39′56″N 134°10′28″W / 57.66556°N 134.17444°W / 57.66556; -134.17444 (Lake Alexander (Alaska))Coordinates: 57°39′56″N 134°10′28″W / 57.66556°N 134.17444°W / 57.66556; -134.17444 (Lake Alexander (Alaska))
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Surface elevation341 feet (104 m)
References[1]

Lake Alexander is a lake in Southeast Alaska, 3 miles (4.8 km) Wwest of Mole Harbor, on east coast of Admiralty Island; 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Sitka, Alaska in the Alexander Archipelago.[1]

The lake was named in the Alexander Alaska Expedition of 1907[2] for Annie Montague Alexander, founder of the expedition.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Alexander (Alaska)
  2. ^ Joseph Grinnell; Edmund Heller (1909). Birds and mammals of the 1907 Alexander expedition to southeastern Alaska. The University press. p. 174.


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