Nuyakuk Lake
| Nuyakuk Lake | ||
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| Geographical location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Tributaries | from Lake Chauekuktuli | |
| Drain | via Tikchik Lake to the Nuyakuk River | |
| Location close to the shore | Dillingham | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 59 ° 56 ′ N , 158 ° 45 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 93 m | |
| surface | 178 km² | |
| length | 43.6 km | |
| width | 5.5 km | |
| scope | 112 km | |
The Nuyakuk Lake is a narrow, 43 km long lake in Wood-Tikchik State Park in southwestern Alaska near Bristol Bay , about 100 kilometers north of Dillingham .
It lies at the foot of the eastern flank of the Wood River Mountains , a mountain range of the Kuskokwim Mountains . To the west it forks into the bays of Portage Arm and Mirror Bay . At its northernmost point, the lake is connected to Lake Chauekuktuli via the Northwest Passage and to the east via the Tikchik Narrows with Tikchik Lake . The outflow into the Nuyakuk River takes place via this lake .
The name of the indigenous people of Alaska for the lake is "Nu-ya-kok" and was first recorded on a map in 1910 by HC Fassett of the United States Bureau of Fisheries .