Lake Alexander (Alaska)

Not to be confused with Alexander Lake (southcentral Alaska).
Lake Alexander
Location of Lake Alexander in Alaska, US
Location of Lake Alexander in Alaska, US
Lake Alexander
Location of Lake Alexander in Alaska, US
Location of Lake Alexander in Alaska, US
Lake Alexander
LocationAdmiralty Island,
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
Alexander Archipelago,
Alaska
Coordinates57°39′56″N 134°10′28″W / 57.66556°N 134.17444°W / 57.66556; -134.17444 (Lake Alexander (Alaska))
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Surface elevation341 feet (104 m)
References[1]

Lake Alexander is a lake in Southeast Alaska, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Mole Harbor, on east coast of Admiralty Island; 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Sitka, Alaska in the Alexander Archipelago.[1]

The lake was named in the Alexander Alaska Expedition of 1907[2] for Annie Montague Alexander, founder of the expedition.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Alexander (Alaska)
  2. ^ Joseph Grinnell; Edmund Heller (1909). Birds and mammals of the 1907 Alexander expedition to southeastern Alaska. The University press. p. 174.


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