Blockade Lake
| Blockade Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Drain | Blockade glacier | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 58 ′ 25 " N , 152 ° 25 ′ 30" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 354 m | |
| surface | 9.2 km² | |
| length | 8.1 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
The Blockade Lake is an approximately 9.2 km² large lake in southwest Alaska (USA), 135 km west of Anchorage .
The 354 m high lake stretches along the dividing line of the Neacola Mountains in the north and Chigmit Mountains in the south. Both mountain ranges are part of the Aleutian chain . The Blockade Lake has a longitudinal extent in the southwest-northeast direction of about 8.1 km and a maximum width of 1.5 km. The lake is fed by meltwater from several glaciers. In the northeast, down the valley, the lake is dammed up by the Blockade Glacier .
The lake was named after the US Geological Survey (USGS) in 1962 .