Lake Brooks
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| Brooks River in the foreground, Lake Brooks in the background | ||
| Geographical location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Drain | Brooks River → Naknek Lake | |
| Location close to the shore | King Salmon | |
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| Coordinates | 58 ° 31 ′ N , 155 ° 54 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 19 m | |
| surface | 75 km² | |
| length | 17.1 km | |
| width | 4.3 km | |
| Middle deep | 28 m | |
| Catchment area | 728 km² | |
Lake Brooks is a lake in southwest Alaska on the Alaska Peninsula .
The 19 m high and 75 km² large lake is completely in the Katmai National Park . The lake is drained on the northeast bank via the 2.7 km long Brooks River to the north and east of Naknek Lake . On the east bank of the lake is a landing pad for seaplanes, Lake Brooks Seaplane Base ( IATA : BKF), which is a starting point for tours into the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes .
The lake was named after Alfred Hulse Brooks (1871-1924), 1903-1924 at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) chief geologist for Alaska.
Web links
Commons : Lake Brooks - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Lake Brooks in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Lake Brooks on lakepedia.com