Information About

Spectacle Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Spectacle Lake on The Map

Location

58 ° 12' 29.999" N,
154 ° 49' 59.999" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Newhalen

Elevation

2507 ft (764.13 m)

Spectacle Lake in Detail.

About

20 mi. SE of Big Mtn. and 38 mi. S of Iliamna, Aleutian Range

History

So named by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1923 because of its resemblance in outline to a pair of spectacles. Published by K. F. Mather (in Brooks and others, 1925, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).