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Lake Clark | |
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Qizhjeh Vena (Tanaina) | |
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Location | Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, US |
Coordinates | 60°14′39″N 154°17′07″W / 60.24417°N 154.28528°W |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 69 km (43 mi) |
Max. width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
Max. depth | 322 m (1,056 ft) |
Surface elevation | 75 m (246 ft) [1] |
Lake Clark (Denaʼina: Qizhjeh Vena) is a lake in southwest Alaska. It drains through Six Mile Lake and the Newhalen River into Iliamna Lake. The lake is about 64 km (40 mi) long and about 8 km (5.0 mi) wide.
Lake Clark was named for John W. Clark, chief of the Nushagak trading post and the first American non-Native to see the lake, when an expedition financed by a weekly magazine reached it in February 1891.[2] The Dena'ina Athabascan name is Qizjeh Vena which means "place where people gather lake".[3] The lake is within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.