Tern Lake is a physical feature (lake) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Tern Lake places it within the AK 99611 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Tern Lake |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Lake |
Description: | 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)." |
Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
Latitude: | 60.6919403076 |
Longitude: | -151.059783936 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tern Lake: Tern 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 Tern Lake does not include property ownership information.
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