Information About

Khvostof Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 31' 45.336" N,
134 ° 53' 55.547" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Length

1.4 mi (2.25 km)

Elevation

712 ft (217.02 m)

Khvostof Lake in Detail.

About

on S central Baranof I., 7 mi. SE of Whale Bay, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1933 byU.S. Forest Service (USFS)for Nikolai Alexandrovich Khvostof, Lieutenant under Governor Baranof, explorer of parts of the Alaskan coast, and author of several books containing authentic records of conditions observed by him in hi s explorations. See Baranof Island.