Lake Nunavaugaluk

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Lake Nunavaugaluk
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Geographical location Alaska (USA)
Tributaries Killian Creek
Drain Snake River
Location close to the shore Aleknagik , Dillingham
Data
Coordinates 59 ° 14 ′  N , 158 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 59 ° 14 ′  N , 158 ° 54 ′  W
Lake Nunavaugaluk (Alaska)
Lake Nunavaugaluk
Altitude above sea level 10  m
surface 80.5 km²
length 22.5 km
width 5.7 km
volume 4,397 million m³dep1
scope 54 km
Middle deep 55 m
Catchment area 316 km²
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Lake Nunavaugaluk is a lake in southwest Alaska , 25 km northwest of Dillingham .

The 80.5 km² large lake is located at a height of 10  m in the south of the Wood River Mountains . The lake has a longitudinal extension in NNW-SSE direction of 22.5 km. The maximum sea width is 5.7 km. The Killian Creek flows into the northern end of the lake. The Snake River drains the lake at its southern end south to Nushagak Bay . About 10 km further north is Lake Aleknagik .

In summer, the lake and its tributaries are the target of a smaller population of sockeye salmon , which swims up the Snake River to their spawning grounds .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lake Nunavaugaluk in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b c d Stacey J. Lowe, Steven Piazza, Patrick Walsh: Estimates of surface area and volume for 25 lakes, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, southwestern Alaska (PDF, 2.8 MB) US Fish and Wildlife Service. January 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ USGS 15303150 SNAKE R NR DILLINGHAM AK