Selawik Lake

Selawik Lake
Selawik Lake
	Satellite image of Selawik Lake by Sentinel-2
	Selawik Lake Selawik Lake
Location	Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Coordinates	66°29′39″N 160°41′27″W[1]
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	31 miles (50 km)[1]
Surface area	404 square miles (1,050 km2)[2]
Surface elevation	0 metres (0 ft)[1]
References	[1][2]

Selawik Lake (Inupiaq: Imaġruk) is a lake located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Selawik, Alaska. It is 31 miles (50 km) long.[1] It is adjacent to the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge and the Baldwin Peninsula, feeding into the Hotham Inlet and Kotzebue Sound.

Map showing Selawik Lake and Kotzebue Sound

Selawik Lake is the third largest lake in Alaska after Iliamna Lake and Becharof Lake, and seventeenth largest lake in the United States of America.[2]

History

Its Iñupiaq language name was first reported in 1842–44 by Lt. Lavrenty Zagoskin, IRN, who spelled it Chilivik, and probably meant to apply to an Iñupiaq tribe or village. It appears to have been by one of the Sir John Franklin search expeditions about 1850.[1]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Selawik Lake
"Profile of the People and Land of the United States". US Department of Interior, National Atlas of the United States. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15.

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[GNIS-SL-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Selawik Lake

[DOI-NA-2] "Profile of the People and Land of the United States". US Department of Interior, National Atlas of the United States. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15.