Information About

Tern Lake

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Tern Lake on The Map

Location

60 ° 41' 30.34" N,
151 ° 3' 34.924" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Soldotna

Elevation

102 ft (31.09 m)

Tern Lake in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula S of Lake Ootka, 11 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet low.

History

Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), called "The world's migration champion * * *, (round trip of 22,000 mi.)." Wells, W. Cook Bird Migration (in Pearson, 1944, pt. 1 p. 64).

Topo Maps

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Places Near Tern Lake
Cities:

Shlakaq, Skittok,

Bars:

Jumbo Rock,

Bays:

Big Eddy Hole, Number Three Bay,

Capes:

Boulder Point,

Cities:

Kenai, Soldotna,

Cliffs:

Gray Cliff,

Islands:

Eagle Rock,

Lakes:

Akula Lake, Beaver Lake, Bishop Lake, Boundary Lake, Cecille Lake, Char-Vic Lake, Chickadee Lake, Cisca Lake, Cow Lake, Crane Lake, Daniels Lake, Derks Lake, Donkey Lake, Doroshin Lake, Douglas Lake, Dunlin Lake, Eagle Lake, East Finger Lake, Ermine Lake, Every Lake, Finger Lake, Finger Lakes, Flat Lake, Gagara Lake, Georgina Lake, Gooseneck Lake, Gull Lake, Hungry Lake, Lake Ivanoff, Killdeer Lake, Kivi Lake, Konova Lake, Konovalof Lake, Lehman Lake, Longmere Lake, Loon Lake, Mackeys Lakes, Marie Lake, Middle Finger Lake, Mink Creek Lake, Lake Ootka, Parsons Lake, Plover Lake, Puppy Dog Lake, Quake Lake, Rhode Lake, Sevena Lake, Shadura Lake, Snipe Lake, South Finger Lake, Spirit Lake, Sports Lake, Stormy Lake, Suneva Lake, Sunken Island Lake, Tern Lake, Timberlost Lake, Tirmore Lake, Tree Lake, Union Lake, West Finger Lake, Whisper Lake, Wik Lake, Wolf Lake, Woodpecker Lake,

Rivers:

Funny River, Swanson River,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Bishop Creek, Otter Creek, Slikok Creek, Soldotna Creek,

Cities:

Peninsula Park Estates, Ridgeway,