Information About

Lake Schrader

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Lake Schrader on The Map

Location

69 ° 22' 54.998" N,
144 ° 59' 49.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Length

4.5 mi (7.24 km)

Elevation

2799 ft (853.14 m)

Lake Schrader in Detail.

About

Northernmost of the Neruokpuk Lakes in the Brooks Range, Franklen Mts. N of and connected with, Lake Peters, 17 mi. NW of Mount Michelson.

History

Named by E. de K. Leffingwell for Frank Charles Schrader (1860-1944), U.S. Geological Survey geologist, who accompanied W.J. Peters on a reconnassiance of northern Alaska. The lake originally was named Lake Peters by Leffingwell (1919, -. 57) who wrote, "a narrow channel which heads a few hundred yards to Lake Peters. Here the high mountains cease, and the lake lies in an open basin whose slopes rise only a few hundred feet above the water." Leffingwell's map (pl. 1), however, shows the names transposed, and it is this application that influcenced subsequent maps and local usage.