Alaska Gazetteer
Snipe Lake is a physical feature (lake) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Snipe Lake places it within the AK 99611 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Snipe Lake |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Lake |
| Description: | on Kenai Peninsula, 3 mi. SE of mouth of Swanson River and 17 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. |
| History: | Named about 1963 by officials of Kenai National Moose Range for Wilson's Snipe, or Jack Snipe, (Capella gallinago delicata), a shore bird which breeds from northwestern Alaska south to northern California. |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.7583312988 |
| Longitude: | -150.975753784 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Snipe Lake: Snipe 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 Snipe Lake does not include property ownership information.
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