Information About

Berg Lakes

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Berg Lakes on The Map

Location

60 ° 25' 3" N,
143 ° 48' 11.002" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Chitina

Length

3 mi (4.83 km)

Elevation

666 ft (203 m)

Berg Lakes in Detail.

About

two lakes at 1961 terminus of Steller Glacier, S of Carbon Mtn. and 66 mi. E of Cordova, Chugach Mts.

History

Descriptive collective name used by prospectors and reported by G. C. Martin in 1905. Originally there were five lakes locally called First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Lakes, as shown on a 1908 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map by E. C. Hamilton. A 1961 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map shows only two lakes, Berg Lake and Fifth Lake, as a result of the recent retreat of the Stellar and Bering Glaciers, and the enlargement and joining of the original five lakes.