Information About

North Deception Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 23' 40.708" N,
136 ° 46' 44.972" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Length

1 mi (1.61 km)

Elevation

75 ft (22.86 m)

North Deception Lake in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument in the Fairweather Range, alongside Brady Glacier, just N of South Deception Lake, 23.5 mi SE of Mount Crillon, and 53 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by National Park Service (NPS) in 1961 because it is a "self-dumping" lake and for a period once each year it disappears.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather B-3 (1961), Mount Fairweather B-3 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather B-3 NE (2017),

Places Near North Deception Lake

Cities:

Tlushashakian,

Areas:

Astrolabe Rocks, Graves Rocks,

Bars:

Alder Rock, Polka Rock,

Bays:

Astrolabe Bay, Boussole Bay, Dicks Arm, Dixon Harbor, Graves Harbor, Murk Bay, Murphy Cove, Palma Bay, Thistle Cove, Torch Bay,

Capes:

Astrolabe Peninsula, Astrolabe Point, Cape Spencer, Eerie Point, Eerie Point, Hankinson Peninsula, Polka Peninsula, Venisa Point, Point Villaluenga,

Dams:

Excursion Inlet Cannery Dam,

Glaciers:

Brady Glacier, Geikie Glacier,

Islands:

Libby Island, Sugarloaf Island, Zip Rock,

Lakes:

Abyss Lake, North Deception Lake, North Trick Lake, South Deception Lake, South Trick Lake,

Mountains:

Blackthorn Peak, Boussole Head, De Langle Mountain, Mount Divide, Horn Mountain, Threesome Mountain,

Rivers:

Dixon River,

Streams:

Annoksek Creek,