Information About

Scaup Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Scaup Lake on The Map

Location

60 ° 50' 47.022" N,
150 ° 49' 7.266" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Soldotna

Elevation

190 ft (57.91 m)

Scaup Lake in Detail.

About

near W coast of Kenai Peninsula, 4 mi. E of Gray Cliff and 25 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Greater Scaup, or Blue-billed Widgeon, (Aythya marila nearctica), a duck which breeds and winters in Alaska.