Alaska Gazetteer
Harlequin Lake is a physical feature (lake) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Harlequin Lake |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Lake |
| Description: | 6.5 miles long. At 1961 terminus of Yakutat Glacier, 30 mi. SE of Yakutat Bay, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named by Blackwelder (1907, p. 424), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "" * * * from the fact that a pair of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) were the only living things seen upon it."" Also called Terminal Lake on a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) manuscript map dated 1907." |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.4625549316 |
| Longitude: | -138.914810181 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Harlequin Lake: Harlequin Lake.
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