Tazlina Lake

Tazlina Lake
Location of Tazlina Lake in Alaska, USA.
Location of Tazlina Lake in Alaska, USA.
Tazlina Lake
Location of Tazlina Lake in Alaska, USA.
Location of Tazlina Lake in Alaska, USA.
Tazlina Lake
LocationValdez-Cordova (CA), Alaska, United States
Coordinates61°53′7″N 146°29′4″W / 61.88528°N 146.48444°W / 61.88528; -146.48444 (Tazlina Lake (Valdez-Cordova CA))[1]
Primary outflowsTazlina River[1]
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length21 mi (34 km)[1]
Surface elevation1,785 feet (544 m)[1]

Tazlina Lake is a body of water, 21 miles (34 km) long, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is at the head of the Tazlina River, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the 1952 terminus of Tazlina Glacier and 62 miles (100 km) north of Valdez, in the Copper River basin.[1] It is a remnant of ancient Lake Atna.[2]

History

The Russian Shturman Serebrenikov appears to have been the first "white man" to reach this lake; according to his notes he was here on May 30, 1848. He recorded the name as "Plavezhnoye Ozero," or "Plavezhni Lake." He reported two Indian families living on the lake (Allen, 1887, p. 21.).[1]

Etymology

Local name taken from the stream that drains the lake, reported in 1898 by F. C. Schrader, USGS.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Tazlina Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ Wiedmer, Michael; Montgomery, David R.; Gillespie, Alan R.; Greenberg, Harvey (2010). "Late Quaternary megafloods from Glacial Lake Atna, Southcentral Alaska, U.S.A." (PDF). Quaternary Research. 73 (3). Elsevier Inc.: 418. Bibcode:2010QuRes..73..413W. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2010.02.005. S2CID 129855432. Retrieved 19 January 2017.


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