Alaska Gazetteer
Mendenhall Lake is a physical feature (lake) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Mendenhall Lake places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Mendenhall Lake |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Lake |
| Description: | at 1962 terminus of Mendenhall Glacier, 3 mi. N of the Juneau Airport, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Local name derived from the Mendenhall Glacier and published in 1962 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In 1909 the lake was called McCush Lake by miners because Neil McCush had mining property near it (DeArmond, 1957, p. 31). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.4241409302 |
| Longitude: | -134.562927246 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mendenhall Lake: Mendenhall Lake.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mendenhall Lake does not include property ownership information.
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