Information About

Emerald Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Emerald Lake on The Map

Location

59 ° 18' 24.498" N,
154 ° 43' 4.818" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Newhalen

Elevation

732 ft (223.11 m)

Emerald Lake in Detail.

About

3 mi. S of Gibraltar Lake and 32 mi. SE of Illiamna, Aleutian Range. 1 mile long.

History

So named in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because of its emerald like appearance and published by K. F. Mather (in Brooks and others, 1925, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).