Information About

Cache Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cache Lake on The Map

Location

68 ° 10' 48.904" N,
151 ° 38' 24.904" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Anaktuvuk Pass

Elevation

2011 ft (612.95 m)

Cache Lake in Detail.

About

2 mi. NW of Napaktualuit Lake, in headwaters of Anaktuvuk River, 4 mi. N of Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range. 0.6 mile long.

History

So named in 1901, by W. J. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because "the outfit was packed over by the men and horse to a small lake * * *" (Schrader, 1904, p. 22).