Ts'oogot Gaay Lake

Ts'oogot Gaay Lake
Ts'oogot Gaay Lake is located in Yukon
Ts'oogot Gaay Lake
Ts'oogot Gaay Lake
LocationYukon
Coordinates62°36′56.016″N 140°59′26.016″W / 62.61556000°N 140.99056000°W / 62.61556000; -140.99056000
Basin countriesCanada
Surface area.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi)
Surface elevation567 m (1,860 ft)

Ts'oogot Gaay Lake is one of Canada's most westerly lakes, located in the south-west corner of Yukon at the Beaver Creek border with Alaska, 30 kilometres (19 mi) NW along the Alaska Highway from Beaver Creek's townsite.[1] Ts'oogot Gaay Lake is 567 metres (1,860 ft) above sea level and measures 0.18 km2 (0.069 sq mi).[citation needed]

This lake complex also includes Ch'į̀hjiit Lake, Dlaałäl Lake, and Mänh Ts'eek.[2] The highest point nearby is 792 m (2,598 ft) above sea level, 2.1 km (1.3 mi) west of Ts'oogot Gaay Lake.[3] It extends 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) in the north–south direction, and 0.8 km (0.50 mi) in the east–west direction.

The vegetation around Ts'oogot Gaay Lake is mainly sparse and often low-growth subarctic forest.[4] The annual average temperature in the valley is −5 °C (23 °F). The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 14 °C (57 °F), and the coldest is January, at −24 °C (−11 °F).[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ts'oogot Gaay Lake". GeoNames.org. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  2. ^ "Noms de lieux - Recherche par nom de toponyme".
  3. ^ "Digital Elevation Data - with SRTM voids filled using accurate topographic mapping".
  4. ^ https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 [dead link]
  5. ^ https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php [dead link]