Lake Clark | |
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Location | Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 69 km |
Max. width | 8 km |
Lake Clark is a lake in southern Alaska. It drains through Six Mile Lake and the Newhalen River into Iliamna Lake. The lake is about 64 km (40 mi) long and about 8 km (5.0 mi) wide.
Lake Clark was named for John W. Clark, chief of the Nushagak trading post in 1891 and the first American non-Native to see the lake. The Dena'ina athabascan name is Qizjeh Vena which means "place where people gather lake"
Lake Clark is within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.