Cascade Lake (Ahklun Mountains)

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Cascade Lake
Geographical location Alaska (USA)
Drain to Milk Creek
Location close to the shore Dillingham
Data
Coordinates 60 ° 8 '14 "  N , 159 ° 24' 4"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 8 '14 "  N , 159 ° 24' 4"  W.
Cascade Lake (Ahklun Mountains) (Alaska)
Cascade Lake (Ahklun Mountains)
Altitude above sea level 335  m
surface 3.1 km²
length 2.5 km
width 1.5 km
Maximum depth 52 m
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The Cascade Lake is a 3.1 km² large lake of glacial origin in southwestern Alaska .

Cascade Lake is located in the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge in the northeast Ahklun Mountains at an altitude of 335  m . The lake has a length in southeast-northwest direction of 2.5 km. The maximum width of the lake is 1.5 km. The lake, which is up to 52 m deep, is fed by the Cascade Glacier located 4.2 km to the southeast . On the eastern north shore, Cascade Lake is drained to Milk Creek , a tributary of Chikuminuk Lake .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Northern Arizona University: Climatic records from lakes in southern Alaska ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jan.ucc.nau.edu
  2. ^ Cascade Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey