Information About

Icefall Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 53' 18.636" N,
133 ° 28' 41.344" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Juneau

Length

1.5 mi (2.41 km)

Elevation

1470 ft (448.06 m)

Icefall Lake in Detail.

About

5 mi NNW of Mount Sumdum, 15 mi N of Sumdum, 40 mi. SE of Juneau. 1.5 miles long.

History

Descriptive name given in 1965 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) andU.S. Forest Service (USFS)because ice breaks from a nearby glacier and falls over a cliff into a small basin between the lake and the cliff.

Topo Maps

Sumdum D-5 (1948), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum D-5 (1955), Sumdum D-5 (1955), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum D-5 (1994), Sumdum D-5 NE (2017),

Places Near Icefall Lake

Cities:

Sumdum,

Archipelagos:

Round Islets,

Bars:

Thistle Ledge, Wood Spit,

Bays:

Holkham Bay, Sand Bay, Sanford Cove, Tracy Arm, Williams Cove,

Capes:

Point Astley, Ox Point, Rock Point, Whiting Point,

Channels:

The Gorge,

Dams:

Tease Lake Dam,

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Harbor Island, Round Islet, Sumdum Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Lower Sweetheart Lake, Upper Sweetheart Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Sumdum,

Streams:

Gilbert Creek, Powers Creek, Sweetheart Creek,

Waterfalls:

Sweetheart Falls,