Information About

North Deception Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map North Deception Lake on The Map

Location

58 ° 23' 40.708" N,
136 ° 46' 44.972" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Length

1 mi (1.61 km)

Elevation

75 ft (22.86 m)

North Deception Lake in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument in the Fairweather Range, alongside Brady Glacier, just N of South Deception Lake, 23.5 mi SE of Mount Crillon, and 53 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by National Park Service (NPS) in 1961 because it is a "self-dumping" lake and for a period once each year it disappears.