Killdeer Lake is a physical feature (lake) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Killdeer Lake places it within the AK 99611 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Killdeer Lake |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Lake |
Description: | on Kenai Peninsula between Plover and Shadura Lakes, 13 mi. NE of Kenai; Cook Inlet Low. |
History: | "Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range, probably for the Killdeer or Noisy Plover (Oxyechus vociferus), a shore bird, ""which makes itself exceedingly useful by destroying great quantities of noxious insects (notably mosquitoes)"" (in Pearson, 1944, pt. 1, p. 261)." |
Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
Latitude: | 60.7155990601 |
Longitude: | -151.031356812 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Killdeer Lake: Killdeer 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 Killdeer Lake does not include property ownership information.
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