Becharof Lake

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Becharof Lake seen from space
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Becharof Lake seen from space

Becharof Lake is a 37-mile-long (60 km) lake on the Alaska Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Egegik, at 57.9522222° N 156.3766667° W. The lake was named in 1868 by naturalist W. H. Dall for Russian navigator Dmitry Bocharov, who explored Alaska in 1788.