Lake Size: 4 mi. long
Shoreline Length (Miles): extend NNE along 1951 terminus of Libbey and Agassiz Glaciers, 10 mi. SSW of Mount St. Elias and 61 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.
Latitude: 60.137222
Longitude: -141.003333
Lake Level Above Sea Level: 1,749 feet (533 m)
Counties: Valdez-Cordova
Information: Lake Agassiz was an immense glacial lake located in the center of North America. Fed by glacial runoff at the end of the last glacial period, its area was larger than all of the modern Great Lakes combined, and held more water than contained by all lakes in the world today.
Geologists have come to a consensus on the likely geological history of Lake Agassiz.
During the last Ice Age, northern North America was covered by a glacier, which alternately advanced and decayed with variations in the climate. This continental ice sheet formed during the period now know as the Wisconsin glaciation, and covered much of central North America between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago. As the ice sheet decayed, it created at its front an immense glacial lake, formed from its meltwaters.
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