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Goldeneye Lake

Goldeneye Lake

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1640 ft (499.87 m)
About

on Kenai Peninsula, 4.7 mi. E of mouth of Glacier Creek in Tustumena Lake and 41 mi. SE of Kenai, Chugach Mts. 650 feet long.

History of Goldeneye Lake

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for Barrow's Golden-eye (Clangula islandica), a duck which breeds and winters in southeastern Alaska. (Pearson, 1944, pt. 1, p. 139).