Information About

Gibraltar Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Gibraltar Lake on The Map

Location

59 ° 21' 18.356" N,
154 ° 41' 40.096" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Newhalen

Length

7 mi (11.27 km)

Elevation

177 ft (53.95 m)

Gibraltar Lake in Detail.

About

5 mi. S of Kakhonak Bay and 28 mi. SE of Iliamna, Aleutian Range. 7 miles long.

History

So named in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), because a rock on the south shore of this lake was shaped like the Rock of Gibraltar.